This isn’t family conflict.
This is predatory psychology.

Some people don’t love relatives.
They study them.

They assess:
– Vulnerability
– Loneliness
– Fear of abandonment
– Cognitive decline
– Guilt
– Dependency

Then they position themselves as saviours.

🎭 The concerned relative is a performance.
🎯 The inheritance is the target.

They isolate.
They control information.
They discourage outside relationships.
They create dependency.
They rewrite history.
They manage narratives.
They gatekeep access.

This is coercive control disguised as care.

Psychologically, this behaviour aligns with:
– Narcissistic traits
– Machiavellian manipulation
– Dark Triad personality patterns
– Financial grooming
– Predatory attachment strategies

They don’t rush.
They wait.

They don’t demand.
They engineer.

They don’t argue.
They undermine.

They don’t confront.
They divide and conquer.

🚩 Red Flags:
• Sudden interest late in life
• Blocking copies of wills
• “Let me handle it” behaviour
• Discouraging family contact
• Managing legal documents privately
• Turning relatives against each other
• Creating secrecy and confusion

This isn’t concern.
This is long-game exploitation.

They vanish when:
– There’s no benefit
– There’s no leverage
– There’s no money

And magically appear when:
– Power becomes possible
– Control becomes available
– Inheritance becomes visible

That’s not love.
That’s strategic attachment.

That’s not caregiving.
That’s psychological positioning.

That’s not family loyalty.
That’s financial predation.

💀 Predators don’t always look dangerous.
Sometimes they look helpful.

And the most dangerous ones?
They look devoted.

Trust behaviour.
Not performance.