Daughter Upset After Father Gives Deceased Mother's Necklace to Another Woman

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:20:00 +0200

A woman is grappling with feelings of betrayal after her father gave her late mother's cherished necklace to another woman who had been spending time with him while her mother was terminally ill. The necklace, a valuable and sentimental piece worn daily by her mother, was originally left in her mother’s will as unassigned, with the understanding that her father could keep it until she and her sister inherited it along with their father’s possessions. Instead, her father gifted it to a female friend, who is not connected to their family, as a token of appreciation for supporting him during his grief. The daughter and her sister were shocked to learn of this through an email, as they had previously allowed their father to keep it out of respect. The daughter feels this action disregards the memory of her mother and considers it a moral breach, especially since her father could have afforded to give a separate gift to the woman. She has proposed buying the woman another necklace if the or