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AITJ for requiring my family to pass a financial literacy exam before accessing my lottery winnings?

¿Soy el malo por obligar a mi familia a aprobar un examen antes de recibir un centavo de mi premio de lotería?

OP won the lottery and set up a trust requiring all family members—including his resourceful mother and his small-business-owning cousin—to pass a financial literacy exam before receiving any money. The family's reaction was not what OP expected.

Contexto: tengo 28 años, nací y crecí en un pueblo pequeño cerca de San Pedro Sula. Mi familia nunca tuvo mucho. Mi mamá, Azucena, nos sacó adelante a cinco hermanos con lo que ganaba vendiendo baleadas en el mercado.

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