# My inheritance is on its way **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645 "2008-05-01T17:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/21 "2008-05-02T12:42:26Z")
Your father would probably be proud of you for thinking first of paying off your credit cards, but wouldn’t he want you to at least get a little fun out of the inheritance? Buy yourself something from your wishlist, and use the rest to pay off your card. Best of both worlds! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/22 "2008-05-02T12:54:56Z")
Keep $100 bucks back and get some of the Amazon stuff. Use the rest of it to pay down debt. It’s what your dad would have wanted you to do. $100 is not so much that it’ll kill you financially either way (unless that the exact amount left remaining on the one card–then just pay it all off and treat yourself later). ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/23 "2008-05-02T12:58:08Z")
[QUOTE=Figaro] Sorry about your dad, btw. I know I had very mixed feelings when I inherited money from my mom. One hand: wow, money. Other hand: wow, mom’s gone. ☹ [/QUOTE] Exactly how I felt when my parents passed. [QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] Pay it off. Life without debt is great. [/QUOTE] Yes, why pay 27% interest to credit card companies? I always paid off my credit cards in full and saved as well. So now I’m coming 6000 miles to Vegas for the second year running and plan to eat well, watch shows and even play a little poker. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/24 "2008-05-02T13:50:59Z")
It’s amazing how much emotional baggage this sort of money always brings with it. Do with it, what you want to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/25 "2008-05-02T13:55:00Z")
When my grandmother died and left me a small inheritance, I was going to spend some of it on the cruise Papa Tiger and I have been talking about for years, and then use the rest responsibly to pay off bills and such. Instead, he got laid off just a few weeks later, so the cruise money went to help us hang in there till he got a new job. Not what I had in mind, but on retrospect, it turned out well. But I still want my cruise, dammit! So I agree that you should spend a bit of it on something that’s a splurge. You’ll regret it if you don’t, even if you do the responsible thing with it. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/26 "2008-05-02T14:36:09Z")
The check was in today’s mail. Mom wrote a note with it on my dad’s stationery because it was his gift. She signed it > [@Mom](#): > > This is a gift of love from him so I sign this lovingly, > > Mom & Dad And now I’m crying. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/27 "2008-05-02T15:11:25Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] The check was in today’s mail. Mom wrote a note with it on my dad’s stationery because it was his gift. She signed it And now I’m crying. [/QUOTE] Indeed. My eyes teared up too. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/28 "2008-05-02T15:39:39Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] It’s amazing how much emotional baggage this sort of money always brings with it. Do with it, what you want to do with it. [/QUOTE] Sure, not sense using it to help yourself get out of debt and spending good money for previous fun. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/29 "2008-05-02T16:43:39Z")
If he wants to use it to do that, then fine, he should do that. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/30 "2008-05-02T23:34:21Z")
[QUOTE=Sophistry and Illusion] Do both: pay off your credit card, then charge the books and the Vegas trip to your newly-empty card. What? [/QUOTE] Hey, at least you get the miles, right? ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/31 "2008-05-03T05:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] The check was in today’s mail. Mom wrote a note with it on my dad’s stationery because it was his gift. She signed it And now I’m crying. [/QUOTE] You know **Otto** , I really wish I could give you a hug. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/32 "2008-05-03T05:20:33Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] And now I’m crying. [/QUOTE] Me, too. That was really, really sweet. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645/33 "2008-05-03T12:42:46Z")
If your father would have wanted you to pay the bill, pay the bill. At least, that’s how I see things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inheritance-is-on-its-way/447645.md?page=1)