Inheritances
Not too long ago my grandmother died. As I expected, my aunt, mother, brother and sister got their pick of the household possessions, and I got the leftovers that nobody wanted. A broken dining room table set with broken chairs, an old broken desk, and half of a barrister’s bookcase, the bottom part missing. My wife was quite upset with how shoddily my family was treating me, grabbing up all of the “good stuff” and just letting me “haul away the trash.” I can’t blame her, I was upset too. My aunt had told me to come over and pick out what I wanted, and every single item I pointed at she said was already promised to someone else. Finally I asked her to just save us both some time and show me what was still available, and every single thing she showed me was broken.