{"id":81959,"date":"2024-09-23T11:36:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T04:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=81959"},"modified":"2024-09-23T11:36:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T04:36:23","slug":"my-parents-disinherited-me-simply-because-im-a-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/my-parents-disinherited-me-simply-because-im-a-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"My Parents Disinherited Me Simply Because I\u2019m a GIRL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anika sent her message to\u00a0us.\n\n
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Anika began her letter, saying, \u201cHello. I\u00a0never thought I\u2019d find myself in\u00a0such a\u00a0situation, but I\u2019m writing this because I\u2019m feeling lost and conflicted. I\u00a0recently discovered something about my\u00a0family\u00a0that has been causing me\u00a0sleepless nights, and\u00a0I need to\u00a0share it\u00a0to\u00a0understand if\u00a0I\u2019m overreacting or\u00a0if\u00a0my\u00a0feelings are justified.\n

I\u00a0come from a\u00a0very conservative family. My\u00a0parents raised me\u00a0and my\u00a0younger brother in\u00a0a\u00a0household where traditional values were the foundation of\u00a0everything. Growing up, I\u00a0was always taught that a\u00a0girl\u2019s role is\u00a0to\u00a0support her family, be\u00a0a\u00a0good wife, and take care of\u00a0the household. I\u00a0accepted this because it\u00a0was all I\u00a0knew, and when\u00a0I married my\u00a0husband, Rohan, I\u00a0stepped into that role without question.
\nMy\u00a0parents were proud of\u00a0me\u00a0for finding a\u00a0good man, and they were happy that\u00a0I had a\u00a0stable home with him. My\u00a0father would often say, \u2019Rohan will take care of\u00a0you now; you don\u2019t have to\u00a0worry about anything.\u2019 And I\u00a0believed\u00a0it.\u201d\n\n

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She always believed that she and her brother would share equal inheritance from their parents.\n\n
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\u201cLife with Rohan has been good, but like everyone else, we\u00a0have our own financial struggles. We\u00a0both work hard to\u00a0maintain our household, and while we\u2019re not wealthy, we\u2019ve managed to\u00a0get by\u00a0without needing much help from anyone. I\u00a0never expected any kind of\u00a0inheritance from my\u00a0parents, as\u00a0I was under the impression that whatever they had would be\u00a0shared equally between my\u00a0brother and\u00a0me. But that belief was shattered recently when\u00a0I accidentally came across their will.\u201d\n

Anika continued, \u201cI was visiting my parents when I found the will in a drawer. I wasn\u2019t snooping; I was simply looking for some old documents my mother asked me to retrieve. When I saw the will, I was curious and thought nothing of reading it. After all, they are my parents, and I had always assumed that everything they had would be divided fairly between my brother and me. But when I read the document, my heart sank.\u201d\n\n

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Anika\u2019s parents had different plans about\u00a0it.\n\n
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\u201cMy\u00a0parents had decided to\u00a0leave everything\u2014our family home, the land, the savings, and even some precious heirlooms\u2014to my\u00a0brother. Not a\u00a0single thing was mentioned to\u00a0me. I\u00a0first thought there must be\u00a0a\u00a0mistake, but they had written that my\u00a0brother, being the son, would inherit everything because \u2019he will need to\u00a0support his future family and provide for them.\u2019
\nIt\u00a0went on\u00a0to\u00a0say that since I\u2019m married and my\u00a0husband provides for\u00a0me, I\u00a0don\u2019t need any inheritance. They believed that my\u00a0brother, as\u00a0a\u00a0man, deserved it\u00a0all because he\u00a0would one day have a\u00a0family to\u00a0care for. The will also mentioned that as\u00a0a\u00a0daughter, my\u00a0duty was to\u00a0my\u00a0husband\u2019s family now, not my\u00a0own.\u201d\n

Anika explained, \u201cI\u00a0was in\u00a0shock. My\u00a0parents have always been loving and supportive, but this made me\u00a0feel like\u00a0I was less important, simply because I\u2019m a\u00a0woman. They didn\u2019t even discuss this with\u00a0me, and it\u00a0hurt more than\u00a0I can express. When I\u00a0confronted them about\u00a0it, they didn\u2019t understand why\u00a0I was upset.
\nMy mother said, \u2019But you\u2019re married, Anika. You have Rohan to take care of you. Your brother needs this to start his own life when he marries. It\u2019s how things are done in our culture.\u2019 My father added, \u2019You should be happy for your brother; he needs this more than you do.\u2019\u201d\n\n

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Anika thinks about whether she should fight or\u00a0leave\u00a0it.\n\n
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