When I remarried, I expected adjustments, but I never imagined my new wife, Gaby, would want to use my late wife Edith\u2019s savings. That money was meant<\/p>\n
for our daughters \u2014 Edith\u2019s legacy.One evening, Gaby gently raised it. \u201cCharlie, we need to talk about the girls\u2019 trust fund. My daughters deserve the same opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stayed calm but firm. \u201cWe\u2019ll create a fund for them too, but it must come from our joint income. Edith\u2019s savings are not to be touched.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next day, I made a deliberate call to my financial advisor, ensuring Gaby overheard: \u201cYes, I\u2019d like to set up a new account for my <\/p>\n
stepdaughters. Contributions will come from our income.\u201d Her shocked expression confirmed she realized Edith\u2019s money was protected.<\/p>\n
Tension lingered. Gaby tried again, but I repeated, \u201cThis isn\u2019t about choosing sides. It\u2019s about respect \u2014 for Edith\u2019s wishes and for all our children.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over time, she accepted my stance. Months later, as we watched all the girls playing together, she whispered, \u201cThey look happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey do,\u201d I replied, relieved. I had safeguarded my daughters\u2019 future and honored their mother\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I remarried, I expected adjustments, but I never imagined my new wife, Gaby, would want to use my late wife Edith\u2019s savings. That money was meant for our daughters \u2014 Edith\u2019s legacy.One evening, Gaby gently raised it. \u201cCharlie, we need to talk about the girls\u2019 trust fund. My daughters deserve the same opportunities.\u201d I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36625,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36623\/revisions\/36625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}