Well…I should be a spoiled brat, by that account. And I suppose I am, within limits.
And actually, in England, most folk who inherited anything worth having made damn sure that their siblings were taken care of: advanced in their careers, bought proper educations, given small subsidiary livings, or small private incomes, or nepotistic positions in the family firms, or whatever forms of assistance were required. Sometimes this meant a large-ish cheque and a one-way ticket to Timbuktu or some other backwater, but even so.
I accept that this scenario has not always been the case: but with a majority of the folk in such positions whom I know, or know of, this has been true for generations.
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Date: 2/5/13 15:40 (UTC)And actually, in England, most folk who inherited anything worth having made damn sure that their siblings were taken care of: advanced in their careers, bought proper educations, given small subsidiary livings, or small private incomes, or nepotistic positions in the family firms, or whatever forms of assistance were required. Sometimes this meant a large-ish cheque and a one-way ticket to Timbuktu or some other backwater, but even so.
I accept that this scenario has not always been the case: but with a majority of the folk in such positions whom I know, or know of, this has been true for generations.