My wife thinks half my inheritance is hers but Im not sharing any of it

A man has taken to Reddit after a miscommunication became apparent between himself and his wife around his inheritance.Whilst the man said that the inheritance was all his own, due to both his parents passing, his wife has begun sharing her ideas on how to spend it — but he has no intention of sharing.Now, he’s asking others — is it wrong for him to want the final call on how to spend the money?“Years ago I was gifted a “s–t-ton” worth of stock when my parents both began showing signs of dementia.Cut to this year and both my parents have passed, and I have inherited another large chunk of money in various account types,” the man began.“Long story short, my wife thinks half is hers, and she has ‘ideas’ on how to spend just about all of it.

It has never been commingled with joint funds.”The man went on to ask fellow Reddit users just how to attack the situation, and whether or not he should say something at all.“Would I be the a–hole if I informed her flat out that my inheritance is mine, not “ours”, and although I am willing to indulge her wants, I will be the final authority on how those funds are spent? How would I “break it” to her in the right way?” he said.“We do have a great marriage and up to this point have never had a serious disagreement revolving around money.”Many commenters on the post were quick to jump to the wife’s defense, asking why their finances aren’t shared — particularly when, according to the poster’s responses, the two have been married for 35 years.“I don’t know about you but in our household we don’t split anything, and we don’t divide it up between us.It’s ours mutually and we mutually decide what to do with our resources,” one commenter said.“Genuine question: Why don’t your plans involve or include each other? My husband and I also have inheritances from our parents.

His is considerably more than mine in the form of land.But all our plans are based on our dream house, o...