Letters to the Editor
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Standing in Grandma's slippers
I'll imagine I'm Grandma with a clear concept of what a lousy layabout by grandson is. I'll recall WWII, maybe the Depression, the challenges of my own life when the kids were literally hungry and there was no such thing as easy credit. And I consider the $20k I have designated for this couple as I write my will.
Logically she gives half to the LW who will caretake the money and use it for something sensible and wise. She gives half to the layabout to insure there is no bad blood, knowing he will piss it away.
Now, LW, use the money the way grandma would have liked -- for something practical and wise like an investment. It will honor her intentions. Handing the money to the layabout is a slap in the face of a generation that earned their way through life.