Dear Queenie,
I have 2 sons and I’m not so young anymore. When I made my will I said everything was to be divided equally between them.
However, a while ago when I was talking to my younger son on the phone something I said made him angry and he scolded me for it and I hung up on him. I haven’t heard from him since then, not even when I was in the hospital for a big operation, and when I try to call him he doesn’t pick up the phone.
I am thinking of changing my will to cut him out if I don’t hear from him soon. If I ever hear from him again I can put him back in my will, but like I said, I’m not so young anymore.
Queenie, what do you say to all this?—Angry Dad
Dear Dad,
I think your son behaved badly, but you played your own part in this estrangement.
Have you considered apologising for whatever you said that angered your son, and for hanging up the phone on him? Perhaps, if you cannot get through to him, your other son or some other relative can act as intermediary and deliver your message.
