{"id":6579,"date":"2025-07-22T12:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/?p=6579"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:16:38","slug":"my-family-demanded-my-late-sons-college-fund-i-agreed-but-only-on-one-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/?p=6579","title":{"rendered":"My Family Demanded My Late Son\u2019s College Fund \u2014 I Agreed but Only on One Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"38\" data-end=\"124\">\n<p data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"413\">Scott, a single dad, lost his 15-year-old son Ben after a long illness. While Scott\u2019s family showed sympathy at the funeral, they soon distanced themselves and stopped supporting him. Only Daniel, Ben\u2019s best friend, stayed by their side throughout Ben\u2019s treatments and after his passing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"641\">Ben had asked his dad to give Daniel his college fund if something happened to him. After Ben\u2019s death, Scott decided to honor that promise, despite objections from his own family who felt the money should stay \u201cin the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"868\">At a family dinner, Scott stood firm, pointing out that none of them were truly there for Ben during his illness \u2014 but Daniel was. He challenged his relatives to prove they remembered Ben\u2019s last moments, which they could not.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"1105\">Scott gave Daniel the college fund, believing Daniel deserved it for being the true friend and family when it mattered most. The family resented his decision, but Scott found peace in doing what was right and honoring his son\u2019s wishes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott, a single dad, lost his 15-year-old son Ben after a long illness. While Scott\u2019s family showed sympathy at the funeral, they soon distanced themselves and stopped supporting him. Only Daniel, Ben\u2019s best friend, stayed by their side throughout Ben\u2019s treatments and after his passing. Ben had asked his dad to give Daniel his college &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6581,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579\/revisions\/6581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}