Solong Tagapagmana

The grandparents owned hundreds of hectares of land in Cavite.
The father became mayor of their town. He was able to accumulate more wealth for his family adding to the vast tracts of land he inherited from his parents.

Former mayor had six children. All of them are now in their twilight years. Three are in their 70s, unmarried with no children.
One was married with one child.
Two are living in the US, married but with no children.

Aside from the real estate properties they inherited from their parents and grandparents, the 6 continued to accumulate more wealth, buying foreclosed properties and eventually acquiring dozens and dozens of hectares more of farm lands that were pawned to them by poor farmers in their province.

The parents were also awash with cash generated from rentals.

The only one who was married, with one kid, Doctora Lilian, separated from her husband after she discovered he was keeping a mistress while living comfortably from her inheritance.

Ang solong tagapagmana ay si Jun, who is married to a college graduate belonging to a lower middle class family with plenty of poor relatives.

Her son, being the only grandchild and nephew, got all the attention and riches. His aunts and uncles continue to purchase more real estate properties even to this day. All their assets would go to their one and only nephew, the son of Doctora Lilian. They still keep on buying properties simply because they have nothing better to do with the cash on their hands. They didn’t realize they are old and with only one heir, and what would they do with all those money and properties?

One and only child, Jun, 56, tends to inherit fields upon hills and valleys, as far as his eyes can see.

Jun has four adult children in their mid-20s who are spoiled to death by their lola. “La, bili mo ako ng bagong kotse”. And all the lola does is wait for every opportunity that her grandchildren would come to her to ask for new things. She felt loved that way.

Doctora Lilian has a big house and rental properties in Metro Manila but chooses to stay in her mansion in Cavite, where her master’s bedroom is on the second floor. That’s where she spends her days playing solitaire, afraid to go out because one time, she was bumped by a speeding tricycle which caused concussions and several stitches on her head.

She is also too afraid to have a caregiver because of a string of bad experiences in the past. She lost her jewelries and money.

Her one and only child, Jun, also lives at the mansion on weekends with his family. For the more than 30 years he’s been married, the wife never invited the mother in law to eat with them, in her mansion, at her grand dining room.

The relatives of the wife of Jun has virtually taken over Doctora Lilian’s empire. Living in her mansion and in the other houses she too owns. Her household is run by the relatives. One time Doctora Lilian’s curtain fell-off. She called one of the maids to put it back. When the daughter -in-law found out, she confronted Doctora Lilian. “Mommy, bakit pinakiki-alaman mo ang mga tauhan ko?” She further added that she’s the only one who has the right to tell her staff what to do. Sya lang daw ang may karapatan na mag-utos. All her staff are her poor relatives.

Doctora Lilian has transferred the titles to her properties to her one and only legal heir, son Jun. She has already given him his partial inheritance which included a sizable portion of her cash in the bank.

The only property left that is still under her name is the mansion in Cavite. She has asked my friend Nora to help her process the transfer of the title to her 4 grandchildren. She believes her grandchildren love her. Nora does not believe so. They are only nice to her because she has value. She buys them condo, cars, travels.
Nora is hesitant to follow the request of Doctora to process the transfer. She’s afraid that Doctora Lilian might end up with no place to live. She’s 83 and would be 84 in February. Has a lot of properties and money but not happy and in real terms, no family.

Sayang yung mga naipundar ng mga ninuno nila.
Kung ganyan kadami ang lupain at pera, sana itulong nila sa mga kababayan nila. Magdonate sa clinic or health center, mag-pa- aral ng libre. There are many things one could do to help the community with your excess funds. Kung sobra-sobra na ang mamamana ng mga anak nyo, siguro bawasan ng konti at i-donate.