AITAH for resenting my parents for leaving equal share of inheritance to my estranged brother?
My dad recently passed away and left equal share of his very sizable estate (well over $10 million) to my brother.
To paint a picture, my brother was a terror all of my life. He was always getting into trouble, picking fights, disrespectable, and unmanageable to the point my parents sent him away to board school.
When he got older things didnt get much better. He was always the same selfish brat he always was. Only came around when he needed money. When he was around, he treated my parents like servants and constantly berated them and me. He was throwing tantrums whenever he didnt get his way well into his 30s.
It got to the point my parents went through 6 year period where they did not talk or communicate at all. When my mom passed away he didnt even bother to check in on our dad while I single handedly helped plan the funeral.
Then my dad also got sick. I, being the good son who was expected to behave, immediately dropped everything to move from half way across the country to back home so I could take care of him. Spent 4 years taking him to doctors appointments and helping out however I could. Turned down promotions cause it meant losing my flexibility thay allowed me to care for him.
When he was getting close to end of life, he reached out to my brother to try and make amends. Surprisingly he came home but it didnt take log before my brother started another fight, cussed him out, and walked out of the hospital room.
He finally passed away recently and I was shocked to learn he had split his estate equally between me and my brother. I didnt expect him to completely disown him but I certainly didnt expect the estate to be split exactly down the middle.
I couldnt help feel small amount of resentment towards my dad. My brother did nothing but make our entire family's life miserable all his life while I bent over backwards and sacrificed trying to help my family. Its not about the money but that through the will, despite everything, he was calling me and my brother equals.
AITAH for feeling resentful about the equal split of the inheritance?