A mother of two asks Reddit users if she's an asshole for giving a house to her son and not her daughter.
The woman, whose username is Strugglingmom54, revealed in a post on Reddit that she had made a deal with her 25-year-old son to transfer one of her homes to him, and had “not disclosed this information” to her 23 year old. daughter.
“My wife made a mistake and told my daughter our deal. She immediately got angry and isn't talking to me right now. She tells me I look like my dad,” the mother wrote.
The house her son gets from her is still being paid off, and not what she calls their “main house.”
He currently collects rent from tenants living in the paid-off house and uses it to pay off the mortgage.
A mother posted on Reddit on December 7 asking if she is a ****** for giving her 25-year-old a house and her 23-year-old daughter nothing
The house she is going to give him is currently being paid off and her son is collecting money from tenants who currently live there
Her daughter is extremely angry with her mother about the deal and keeps it a secret, telling her that her mother is 'just like her father'
The daughter has continued to express her opinion on the deal being struck and says her brother will have ulterior motives if the deal goes through.
“She told me my son would take over that entire house and 50% of our main house,” the mother wrote.
The mother continued, “She told us we had set her up for failure. The reason why I let my son pay the mortgage was because it would help increase his credit score.”
She went on to call her daughter “selfish and money hungry” with a credit score of over 800, while also revealing that her son has a respectable credit score of over 750.
The mother then wrote that her daughter called her “the future” and that she would receive 25 percent of the assets because her brother would try to go for 50 percent.
“She told me I'm doing exactly what my father did by giving my brother his complete will,” the mother added.
She made changes after originally ending her explanation by wringing that she's “just helping her kids” and that it's “a losing game” with her daughter.
The mother confirmed in her edits that no plans have been made about who will inherit the main house and that her daughter makes $90,000 in an area with the high cost of living, while her son earns a six-figure salary in a low-cost neighborhood. of living area.
“It bothers me more that she's thinking about us dying and already trying to figure out what she's going to get,” she wrote.
'Her brother is a very nice guy. I'm sure he would divide everything fairly with her.'
The mother confirmed that her son earns a six-figure salary in an area with a low cost of living. Her daughter currently has a salary of $90,000 in a high cost of living area and a credit score over 800
Nearly 900 Reddit users responded to the post within 12 hours, and apparently they all believe the mother is “most definitely the a******.”
One user even called the mother a misogynist and sexist.
“Yes YTA [you’re the a******], of course you're the ******. Why do you give your son so much more? Why are you punishing your daughter for being financially responsible and maintaining a good credit score,” another Reddit user asked.
“Give your daughter as much as you give your son because she has done nothing wrong and he has done nothing to deserve preferential treatment,” they added.
One person wrote: 'Lol, of course YTA. Maybe consider treating your children equally.”
'Why is your daughter hungry for money, but your son is not? Oh maybe because you gave him a whole house.”
Other users have taken an angrier approach by making the mother aware that they think she is the ****** in this situation.
“How damn deluded do you have to be when you say, 'I'm helping my kids' when you're actively doing nothing to help your daughter? YTA,” said one Reddit user.
The daughter insists her brother has ulterior motives for the house he will get and will go after 50 percent of the assets after their parents' death
More than 900 commenters on social media have called the woman a ****** for what she does and makes her son the favorite child
The living situation for the brother and sister does make a difference based on the costs of taxes and owning or renting homes.
According to CNBCcost of living is based on six categories: housing, utilities, groceries, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods or services.
The mother did not specify which cities or states her children live in, but her daughter, who lives in a high-cost area, could possibly live in Massachusetts, New York or California.
Her son, who she said earns an income in an area with low housing costs, could potentially live in upstate New York.
Other states where the mother's son might live, based on this year's most affordable places to live include Tennessee, North Carolina or Pennsylvania.