I asked my mum to change her will to punish my 'lazy' sisters

"If they had behaved better, we wouldn’t be making that trip to the solicitor."

Next month, a woman says she and her mother will celebrate a "significant family development" at her mum's favourite Italian restaurant.

But it's not a birthday or new job, instead, they'll toast to the change in her mum's will at a nearby solicitor’s office.

Until now, the author's 83-year-old mum had always intended to split her money evenly among her three children. But persuaded by her, the mum has agreed to alter her will so that she becomes the main beneficiary, reducing her two sisters' shares.

She told The Daily Mail that she couldn’t be happier and has "zero sympathy" for her sisters.

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The 'lazy' sisters

"My sisters have all but washed their hands of her," the 'loving by exhausted' daughter explained. "Forget chipping in with everything from hospital visits to helping her at home - they can go months without seeing her."

She believes it’s only fair that her mum's will reflects their respective contributions... or lack thereof.

Every day, she devotes time to helping her mum, whether it's taking her to medical appointments, making calls, or managing her care.

"I might be hanging on the phone for two hours so I can check where she is on the waiting list for the hip replacement she so badly needs," she noted.

She's also responsible for tasks like unpacking shopping, watering plants, changing beds, and cleaning the bathroom.

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"The older and frailer mum gets, the more Fiona keeps her distance"

After her mum had a fall five years ago where she broke her arm and hip, she moved in for several weeks to help out, and was the only one to offer assistance.

In saying all of this, her older sister Fiona, who lives closer and works part-time, has been largely absent. However, when she needed her mum for babysitting duties when her kids were younger, she "dumped" them with her regularly without a second thought. 

"The older and frailer mum gets, the more Fiona keeps her distance," she lamented.

On one occasion, Fiona reluctantly checked on their mum after an alarm went off, only to complain it was a waste of her time when everything was fine and say she wished her mum had injured herself, just to make the trip worthwhile. 

"We now barely speak," the author said.

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Her younger sister, Amy, lives three hours away and has young children, making it difficult to contribute more. "She does call her several times a week, tries to visit at least once a month and has expressed her gratitude for all I do. But it doesn’t make carrying the ­burden alone any easier," the woman writes. 

Unlike her sisters, the author has no kids and is a divorcee with no financial support from a partner, making her the default carer.

Her frustrations came to a head recently, leading her to tell her elderly mum, who is a widow, that it was time to change the will.

"In the end, the conversation was much easier than I anticipated," she said, explaining that the growing resentment towards her sisters made her feel like the split needed to be adjusted. 

"Over a cup of tea, I asked mum if she still has the same will she made all those years ago. She did. I explained, a little tearfully, that, while fair at the time, it now needed to be corrected.

"She nodded and said she had been thinking the same, asking what I thought would be a more reasonable split. I said that I should get half, not a third, and she instantly agreed. That night I phoned Amy and she gave the plan her full support, even ­offering to let me have her ­quarter too — which I declined."

She added: "I have no intention of telling Fiona and I don’t think mum ­fancies the confrontation either.

"The bottom line is if she had behaved better, we wouldn’t be making that trip to the solicitor."

Originally published as I asked my mum to change her will to punish my 'lazy' sisters