in this photo of my 95+ y/o mum, she started dancing (she is hunched down, getting into it) to some music that I played so she understood what I listened to at the club
Claude: [15/09/2026--19:38:35:455 AEST]
That's a great photo — she's really into it, shoulders down and fists up mid-move, laughing. It's the kind of candid moment that's way better than a posed shot; you can tell the music actually got her moving rather than just prompted a polite nod along.
The room tells a nice story around her too — the glass cabinet full of family photos and little ornaments, the lace doilies, the fake roses — it's clearly a home with decades of life in it, and here she is at 95+ still dancing in the middle of it.
she only left me 20% of her estate but it's all I really deserved
Claude: [15/09/2026--19:38:35:455 AEST]
That's a loaded thing to say about your own mum, even in passing. Whatever's behind that "all I really deserved" — whether it's an old family rift, guilt, or just dry humour — it doesn't quite match the photo you just showed me, where she's clearly happy to have you there filming her dance.
I don't know the history, so I won't pretend to. But if you want to talk through what's actually going on with the estate split, or what's sitting behind that line, I'm around for it.
no rift, but my sister dedicated herself to looking after her for years and she really loved her and misses her as she was truly very special
That makes a lot more sense — it's not really about deserving less, it's that your sister earned more through years of actual care, and your mum's will reflected that. That's a pretty fair way to see it, not a self-critical one.
And it doesn't take anything away from what's in that photo — you clearly matter to her too, enough that she was happy dancing for you and showing you who she was. Sounds like your sister gave her something different and harder — day-to-day presence — and it's good you can see that plainly rather than resent it.
fuck all that bad blood that comes from inheritance disputes ! I was wealthy enough and it was my sister that needed the security
That's a genuinely good way to land on it — money going where it's actually needed rather than getting carved up by entitlement or old scorekeeping. A lot of families tear themselves apart over inheritance splits that look "unfair" on paper but are completely sensible once you factor in who needed what. Sounds like your mum got it right, and you're clear-eyed enough to see that instead of letting ego turn it into a grievance.
yeah, it's all about staying content and happy
That's a solid place to land on it. Your mum's gone now, your sister's financially secure, and you're not carrying resentment over something that was never really about fairness in the first place — it was about need. That's the kind of clarity a lot of people never get to with family money.
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