I Legally Bought 5 Classic Cars From A Widow. Someone Posing As Her Grandson Tried...-Reddit Stories

I legally bought five classic cars from a widow someone posing as her grandson tried to sue but was exposed as her granddaughter's ex original post I'm close friends with a co-worker and we've helped his mother in her 80s with house maintenance his mother's neighbor I'll call her Elaine was in her 90s in 2016 when Elaine's husband who was in the home died while doing maintenance on my co-worker's mother's house I drove there in my 1975 Falcon and Elaine came out to ask me to have a look at some cars I might like that had belonged

to her husband I won't go into detail except three were in good drivable condition and worth a decent figure and two more were ruined but good parts cars at the time I couldn't afford anywhere near what they were genuinely worth two are at least in the top five desirable Australian Classics I told her what they could fetch on the open market but she was happy to take $55,000 for all five cars well under their value she wanted to make sure they went to someone who would appreciate them and I paid for and collected them a

week later and I still have the three good ones two now on historic registra and the other in storage Lane passed away in the middle of this year and her grandson is on the war path over the cars he's found my contact details and phoned me several times threatening to sue for effectively stealing the cars from his grandmother and has turned up at my front door once demanding the return of the cars I have not been served or received anything in writing from him in a legal sense only his business card which sounds dodgy I've

verified he's an actual lawyer as he claims through a website of his employer which lists him with a photo as specializing in commercial and insurance law just like his business card I'd have expected if there was a real legal issue with the ownership of the cars it would be in relation to the grandmother's estate proceedings and I'd be contacted by mail by someone acting as executive not via phone calls and doorstop visits by one angry smug bastard acting like it's happening between me and him alone since I'm not a lawyer and my presumptions could be

completely out I'm posting here if need be I could now afford the market price of all the cars is the grandson likely to have a case and should I find a lawyer of my own relev comments rcg now but if elain's husband left them to her in his will she was free to do with them as she pleased Ergo the grandson has no claim he'd be banking on your uncertainty of that to Strongarm you into cutting a deal don't ignore any official summons or claims but you can safely tell him to S off over the

phone if you want to get really Petty you could contact his law firm and complain about him but as long as he wasn't intimating that his employer was in any way involved it's none of their business so they could tell you cool so what o o thanks banking on my uncertainty is a good way to describe the vibe I'm getting from him he's not exactly throwing his law firm's name around but it is on the business card he gave me op on what the cars are I feel more comfortable describing them now after reading the

responses here one registered is an XY GT replica in nice shape built from a Fairmont the other registered is an XB Fairmont Coupe in excellent original condition and the third I'm still working on getting back on the road is an XA sedan Falcon 5006 the last two were wrecks and have already been parted out and the good bits kept a spare XA sedan and an xw that looks like it had spent 30 years as yard art the xw collapsed at the torque boxes and Plum while being trailered and nearly came off in two pieces but

worth it for the glass and trim alone update I spoke with my co-worker about the issue and he talked with his mother who clued me into her neighbor Elaine from my previous post not having any grandsons my co-worker mother is still in contact with ela's son and daughter as they own and still work on 's old house next door she put them in contact with me they wanted to know who it was who was actually threatening what about the cars as Elaine has no grandsons and we spoke they identified the lawyer grandson as an old

ex he was once a partner of but not married to one of elain's granddaughters for a few years he's also known to be in a lot of debt which might explain desperate hunting for valuable items elain's son and daughter reiterated that their dad had left instructions to Elaine for the cars to go to someone who'd cherished them and they were happy they did and glad to hear from me that they're still being looked after together I haven't contacted the faux grandson's Law Firm yet I have a lot of evidence of his misrepresentations to me and

after Googling Nest daar law I'm not 100% sure of the legality of all of it especially about sharing my home security and dash cam recordings directly to the other firm or even speaking directly to them I'll go through my own legal representation there as a filter on what I need to give them to make sure they know of his behavior linked to their firm small update fake grandson came around twice more I now have multiple records of him visiting my residence threats via text and many phone calls to me after I asked him to not

contact me again except in writing complaints have been made through my lawyer to his firm and relevant regulatory bodies I informed him of the complaints on Thursday and reiterated not to contact me again and I haven't heard a peep from him since last update fake grandson had already been dismissed from The Firm before my lawyer and I complained and he already has complaints against him for other reasons now to the next story story two I cut ties with my my best friend after discovering she slept with my boyfriend she threatened suck and my family pressured

me to forgive her original post and I don't care I haven't reached out she slept with my boyfriend behind my back we're both 20f and we've been friends since reception 4 to 5 years old UK thing she was my sister my rock we stood by each other through everything when my parents divorced she was there to offer a shoulder for me to cry on when her grandmother died I was there keeping her afloat throughout High School I'd been dating my boyfriend 21 million for about 3 years we started dating in sixth form a version of

UK college and he was my first serious relationship I introduced him to my family he was many of my firsts he was sweet a little awkward being a gamer guy but he treated me to date nights and always made me feel special maybe this is me being young and dumb but I thought I'd marry this guy someday this was something I told my best friend well about a month ago while my boyfriend was in the shower I saw a text notific ification pop up on his phone we look at each other's notifications all the time

so I grabbed his phone to see it it was from her asking if they were still on for tonight and if she should wear his favorite dress he told me he was hanging out with friends and going drinking him going drinking with friends wasn't unusual so I never thought anything of it but in hindsight I wonder how much of him going out was with friends and how much of it was going out with her I saved screenshots of their conversations I sent them to myself I showed him the messages when he came out of the

bathroom and demanded did he explain himself about them I couldn't contain how upset and angry and hurt I was an argument ensued where I told him he was disgusting and I left his place shortly after arriving home I started getting bombarded with calls and texts from my best friend I answered none of her calls I couldn't stomach hearing her voice but her text ranged from she never meant to hurt me my boyfriend hit on her first it didn't mean anything then it got angry saying I should hear her out if I was a real friend

I would take her call I'm being petty and childish for not listening to her side then back to sadness saying I was her closest friend in the world and she didn't want to lose me my boyfriend was strangely quiet during this time after a few days I got myself together enough to send them both messages maybe it was cowardly but I didn't have the strength to call them I told my now ex-boyfriend that we were done and I won't give cheaters any chances with me he responded by trying to call me but after the third

or fourth attempt he gave up he sent me a final message saying it wasn't that big of a deal that they just fooled around but agreeing he didn't want to date me anymore my ex-best friend was more persistent after I told her I wanted nothing to do with her day after day I'd get messages and calls from her demanding to talk demanding we resolve this demanding I not say anything to anyone saying she stopped seeing him saying she'll kill herself if I don't talk to her really up I ended up confiding to a mutual friend

about what was going on because I was seriously beginning to wonder if I was being a this friend reassured me that my feelings were Justified however I wasn't expecting this friend to spread around what happened the gossip spread like wildfire and a few days ago my ex-best friend tried to take her life I said nothing I haven't visited her in the hospital I haven't sent any messages to her family now her older sister keeps messaging me telling me I'm a heartless for leaving her at her lowest for not trying to prevent this and that everyone

makes mistakes and that her sister didn't intentionally hurt me maybe it does make me a heartless but I don't care I'm relieved she survived but I'll never forgive her I'll never forgive her betrayal she destroyed our friendship when she slept with my boyfriend relevant comments op needs to move forward in a healthy way without being bitter about her ex and the best friend ow up thank you I know I don't think I'm over what they did to me three-year relationship and a 16-year friendship down the drain I'll look into therapy but between school workk and

a part-time job it might be difficult it's stupid because I wasn't feeling guilty that she had attempted to take her life but after what her sister said I was starting to feel guilty for not feeling guilty if that makes sense it was really getting to me so I had to tell someone I'm glad she survived but I'm not looking forward to the next few days I've already gotten messages from her cousin today commoner one good don't contact her or her family that's done for you're not responsible for her mental health and make better friends not

gossiping ones like the one who told everyone just cut them off and if your family tries to pressure you to be friends with her warn them that you're not above going LC with them edit block them all as well o unfortunately I don't think the friend I told had intended for it to get so bad she really helped me understand that I wasn't being an awful person for not giving my X BFF a second chance she cheered me up and made me feel better but she told the rest of our friend group and after that

it was like Pandora's Box I've blocked my ex and my ex BFF I've blocked her sister as well and it's looking like I'll need to block one of her cousins this makes me a little sad I was always so close with her cousins my dad agrees with me 100% and told me I was doing the right thing when I told my mom I could tell she was disappointed and tried suggesting I talk to my X BFF but I shut that down real quick and she backed off update one hey again it's been a while first

I want to thank everyone for all of their comments and support in hindsight I know now I wasn't being a but in the moment when I was being bombarded by texts and calls from her family it's hard not to let those thoughts mess with your head I didn't know if I was going to post an update but some things have happened so this might get a little long sorry giving fake names X BFF is Nikki her older sister is Tammy xbf is Josh I'll name anyone relevant as I go so I mentioned in a comment

that my mom wanted to speak to me later that day I had a few replies warning me that she would try to pressure me into forgiving Nikki and they were right she came over to my dad's that evening and wanted a conversation in private she asked if I'd spoken to Nikki yet I said no she asked if I was going to I said no I was trying to be as firm as possible because I knew what she was about to do she asked don't you think you should my response was no I don't see why

I should I sent her a final message almost a month ago this is where things began to really go south in the conversation mom love she's in theit hospital right now she needs all the support she can get you're meant to be her friend I didn't even know about her condition until her mother called me me really I meant to be her friend after she slept with Josh behind my back I didn't say anything about her because I didn't want to talk about her mom are you really going to hold a silly Grudge I understand

she hurt you but she's hurting so much more right now love me she's hurting mom yes you both are I I raised you to be a kind forgiving person why can't you forgive her me what like how Dad should have forgiven you this wasn't my finest moment I didn't bring it up before because it wasn't relevant but the reason why my parents divorced was due to infidelity on Mom's end and it wasn't only a one-time thing not that it matters even if it had been but my mom always believed Dad should have just forgiven her

I admit this was a low blow for me and the conversation spiraled into an argument from there with both of us saying some not so kind things to each other eventually I decided the conversation was over because we were just going around in circles and heading into yelling territory so I told her to leave and I'll try talking to her again when we've both calmed down when she was leaving she made said this I hope you're not as cruel as your father I'm typically not an angry person but this infuriated and hurt me I lived

5050 between my parents they both made sure I had everything I could need or want but she felt her situation and struggles were undeserved dad never helped with bills or payments that didn't involve me she expected more cheaters always do I didn't say anything when she left I just blocked her number in social media accounts and cried she cared more about the girl who had hurt her daughter than said daughter she realized pretty quickly what had happened and came back the next day but Dad told her I didn't want to talk to her true and

she had to leave it took maybe half an hour before she finally left the next few days she kept trying to reach me through other people but I stayed silent the Friday after my post I decided I felt calm enough to talk to her her and unblocked her we spoke over the phone which wasn't as exciting as above basically it was her apologizing and telling me she was wrong for trying to force me to forgive Nikki that she'll respect my decision but tried to suggest I think about it I very firmly told her I was

not forgiving Nikki she just said okay things didn't really feel the same with us I couldn't bring myself to be as chatty with her as I was before and it didn't help that she kept giving me updates about Nikki the first time she did it she told me Nikki had been put on a 72-hour psych hold aess eventually released I told her I didn't want any updates on Nikki's situation I won't stop her from checking in but I didn't want to be involved she complained and said she thought I'd want to visit her but I

threatened to block her again if she kept pushing and she shut up nothing was mentioned about Nikki for a couple of weeks before Mom again broke my boundary and brought her up telling me about how Josh had stopped talking to her and how Nikki needed a shoulder to cry on I again told her I didn't want to know and this was her last chance not to bring her up or I would cut her from my life she complained again but eventually promised it wouldn't happen again maybe I should have learned from my mistakes because I

know my mother she doesn't take no for an answer it was really quiet for a while my friends and I had all basically carried on from what happened and even though I know a couple of them still occasionally talk to Nikki they never bring her up around me or tell her I hope how I'm doing I thought I could finally close this chapter on my life but nope today my mother called me and asked if I wanted to get lunch I hadn't seen her in a while so what was the harm I head to the

weather spoons we plan to eat at and who do I find sitting with my mom Nikki and her sister Tammy as soon as Nikki sees me she gets up and tries to hug me but I just raise a hand and take a step back and this girl has the audacity to look upset mom immediately knows she's up because she's scrambling with all of the excuses it hurts to see you two fall apart like this you were so close I thought you'd forgive her by now and my favorite she made a mistake she misses you during

this time Nikki has been quiet and I can see Tam's glaring at me I'm just so angry and upset I honestly didn't think she'd pull something like this I wanted to leave and cry but I looked at Nikki and said for someone who's made a mistake she sure hasn't apologized for it yet she had this guilty look on her face and muttered something about me having her blocked and having no way to I said is that really all you have to say and she just looked at me confused I was done I turned to leave

and her sister started yelling after me saying that I owed Nikki a second chance with all the trauma I put her through while Nikki was begging me to just listen to her and talk to her I told them all to off and never contact me again and left I managed to get out of there before Tammy started a fight and went home where I sent my mom a text a while ago telling her she'd better lose my number because she no longer has a spot in my life then I blocked her and just cried my

dad's been doing his best to comfort me but it just hurts so bad that my own mother did this to me so that's where things are at right now I'll update if anything else happens but this whole situation really sucks relevant comments comment are one good on you for knowing your own morals and thoughts and not letting anyone else tell you how to think I hope your dad supports you in this oop my dad has been my rock through this he's always had my back we've spent the last few hours having some drinks and chatting

just to help take my mind off things my dad's to thank for that he taught me to stand up for myself and told me being kind doesn't mean being a wet towel makes me sad why he had to learn that lesson why was op still in touch with her mother when she cheated on op's Dad Opie because she was still my mom I was a teenager when my parents divorced and it was my father who encouraged me to maintain a relationship with her new update hey there everyone I'm the girl who made that my ex-best

friend attempted to take her life post I didn't think labeling this post like that really fit I first want to apologize for taking so long to give you an update and to also thank you for your kind words I've not been able to reply to many messages and I've had a lot but I've taken the time to read through every single one and I appreciate every single one of you this Christmas has been amazing I spent it with my family with my dad I went out boxing day night with my friends to party hard and

regret it harder the following day I'm in a much better place than I was back in December 2023 that's kind of why I struggled to give you all an update because around Christmas plus New Year's 2023 I was not in a good place I really needed to focus on myself and work on getting myself in a better place as of January 2024 I have been no contact with my mother unfortunately I've seen her since then and I've done my best to avoid talking to her on the three occasions I've had to be in the same

place as her not out of choice mind you but it is what it is during Christmas 2023 she had expected that I was spending it with her and her side of the family given the events at that time this was obviously not happening and my dad told her as much she lost her mind she refused to take no as an answer leading up to Christmas to the point dad and I left for my paternal aunt's house on Christmas Eve to spend the night there according to a neighbor my birthgiver showed up pretty early in the

morning to catch us leaving but was I rate to learn we already weren't there thankfully my aunt had moved house quite recently so my mother didn't know the new address but we came home to Parcels completely destroyed on our porch the following boxing day there was even a Christmas card labeled to me but inside was a horrible letter from my mother descri describing me as the worst daughter on the planet that honestly destroyed me and I spent New Year's a mess it's difficult cutting off your own mother I spent half of January 2024 trying to

fix things with her but it came to a head when I realized I was the only one forced to compromise I finally cut off contact and it's been that way since there's been more between then and now but I think those are incidents I'll post on my Reddit page or in the comments of this post to prevent it from getting too long in terms of Nikki I've heard she's doing better we've not spoke spoken since my mother's lunch Escapade but she's found a job and according to a mutual friend found a new Circle despite everything

that she's put me through I'm happy for her it's almost 2: a.m. here in the UK so if I suddenly stop responding to comments I fall asleep thank you for watching if you haven't subscribed yet please do so and hit the notification Bell to stay updated with more shocking real life stories happening around you