clifp
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I thought of something my 82-year-old, retired dad said to me last year when he needed some costly dental work to replace some crowns: "There goes some more of your inheritance!" LOL I told my brother what he said to me and he enjoyed the laugh, too.
That does seem to be pretty common sentiment.
FWIW, Mom use to say that sometimes. I finally achieved a pretty good breakthrough when I explained, mom the bulk of your money is with Vanguard. Frankly I doubt you are going to need it so I am managing with an eye to your inheritance. But there is 200K (more after this year) in Schwab and I'll pretty upset with you if you haven't spent most of before die. Cause that you'll have either died too early or not spent enough of it. She has been great at mostly giving this away, but when she announced I am flying first class for this trip I applauded.