"My grandma passed away last month. She did not have much money. Aside from her modest house and her car, everything she left behind is mainly sentimental, like clothes, knickknacks, etc. The exception is her jewelry. There are three pieces that my grandma always said she wanted me and my two sisters to inherit: her wedding ring, a sapphire pendant, and a pair of diamond earrings."
"As it turns out, the pendant and earrings are fake. Not fake as in lab-grown, but fake like blue glass and cubic zirconia. The ring is worth five times more than the other two pieces combined. They were gifts from my grandpa early in their marriage when they were just starting out, and later on, when they were doing better financially, he apparently offered to replace them with "the real thing" and my grandma declined."
"My oldest sister always admired the pendant and my middle sister had her eye on the earrings. I assume they believed as I did, that the stones were real. Grandma always looked so elegant when she wore them that I never gave it any thought, but my mom says it's pretty obvious when you look at them up close. Dear Unequal Inheritance, There is a history of some sibling rivalry between me and my sisters,"
A grandmother died leaving a modest estate and three jewelry pieces intended for three granddaughters: a wedding ring, a sapphire pendant, and diamond earrings. The pendant and earrings are actually fake blue glass and cubic zirconia, while the ring is worth about five times the combined value of the other two. The pieces were early marriage gifts from the grandfather, who later offered to replace them with "the real thing" but was declined. One sister favored the pendant and another the earrings, and the mother suggests selling and splitting proceeds to avoid unfairness amid past sibling rivalry and hurt feelings.
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