A family have found themselves in a bitter row after a man tried to sell his dead mum's furniture for money.
The woman sadly passed away, leaving her estate to her only son.
But the man, 21, who did not have a close relationship with his parent, felt little attachment to some of her belongings.
In a Reddit post, he said he's planned to get rid of his mum's furniture since taking charge of her home. However, he's recently changed his mind as to how he will dispose of it.
The son explained: "Long story short she made a ton of bad financial choices and I will inherit no money or assets after all is said and done.
"Although I'm now working through to get rid of the furniture and stuff around the house before I go to sell it."
As such, he happily offered the furniture to his girlfriend's mum. "I never liked my mother and none of it is stuff I'd want to keep," he reasoned at the time. But since learning that the designer furniture is worth a pretty penny, he's changed his mind.
He wrote: "After realising it's worth far more than the 'junk my mother had around the house' I went back and said that I'd like to strike up a deal to sell everything she wanted to her for a bargain price." He then offered her everything in the house for £3.2k - thinking he could get closer to 8k to another seller but not wanting the hassle of finding a buyer.
His thinking: "Yes I am going back on my word but given the change in circumstances and my graduation from college this year I need some money and my gf mother could easily buy all this brand new no problem, she is just frugal."
Unfortunately, the potential buyer did not see things that way and was upset to learn he'd rescinded the offer. What's more his partner agrees.
"My girlfriend says just to give it away since I still don't want it and I'm being greedy for asking her mother for money after saying it was free and after all her mother has done for me." But he's not so sure. "It's true her mother is more of a mother than I ever had but I don't know if it's such a terrible thing to ask for very reasonable prices so I can make a little money," the man outlined.
In response, commenters were quick to debate the matter, with many struggling to agree who was in the right.
One wrote: "I get the sentiment about you going back on your word, but you're 21, your mom just died, and you promised it away before even knowing what you had. It kinda sounds like they were trying to take advantage of you." And a second said: "I think it is perfectly reasonable to say that you would give away things while you think they don't cost a lot, but change your mind when you realise."
But someone added: "I totally understand wanting to sell it. And you should. Still sucks that you went back on your word, though." Another thought: "You shouldn't have promised it to her in the first place but now your girlfriend's mother is acting entitled."
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