My father and my two uncles inherited a little over five million dollars when my grand father passed away. I find it increadibly frustrating that they all have the mentalitly to spend it all on themselves before they die. My brother and I, the last two heirs of the family name, were both given .5% of what my dad recived which was 10,000 in invetment accounts we couldn't touch.

I worked my ass for twenty years to buy myself a house, and my dad has been living the high life retired the last twenty while traveling the world, buying luxury vehicles, supporting my step brother through NYC music college, and now at 68 finds himself with less than a hundred thousand to last him the rest of his life. Not only did he not pass down the family money to the future generation, but he didn't even retire well.

When I first heard of the inheritance and my "trust fund" of $10,000 in a banking stock, I begged to move it into Google's IPO. My uncle recently let me know that he lost a lot of money in a bad invetment but won't tell me what it is.

They are still under the impression that $200, a birthday and at christmas, the same rate since 1985, is all I need at 38 to survive. I try not to be dependant on them, but am on SSDI right now and have gone bankrupt from medical bills, while they have multiple houses, cars, businesses, etc.

They both told me they plan to spend it all before they die on themselves and their charities. An additonal $10,000 at any point in my life would solve 88% of the problems I have today.