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FOR the first 32 years of my life I was skint.

Then, in 2016, a good friend died leaving me a six-figure sum.

Now friends and relatives are swarming around me like bees round a honeypot and I’m feeling overwhelmed and angry.

I’m particularly suspicious of my sister’s husband, who is pushing me to invest in a building venture.

The proposition seems sound, but I find him arrogant and flash.

Yet my sister and my mum are pressuring me to invest because he’s having trouble securing finance.

The other day my mother even accused me of being selfish for not spreading my windfall around a bit more. What a cheek. JANE SAYS: If you don’t have a good feeling about your brother-in-law then leave your money precisely where it is.

Of course you want your extended family to be successful and happy, but not if it means risking your precious nest egg.

Tell him you’re happy to look at all of the figures again – and then run them past a building business expert and a solicitor – but if the proposal isn’t rock solid, then you won’t be joining in.

He doesn’t have any right to pressure you and you have to put your own interests first.

It’s sad that your mother and sister seem to view your good luck as their business.

But your late friend left you that money for a reason and it’s not to be frittered away.

What about your own dreams, plans and adventures?