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<blockquote data-quote="DazedandConfused" data-source="post: 206389" data-attributes="member: 831"><p>Good for you, Witz!</p><p> </p><p>I'm so glad you shared it with us.</p><p> </p><p>It's interesting how it works out with kids and parents. </p><p> </p><p>husband and I were talking about he and his siblings(2) the other day. husband is the baby by 12 years to his sister and 16 to his brother. husband has always been held up as the irresponsible "baby". Granted, he got in trouble as a teen, and made some bad choices, but so did his siblings!</p><p> </p><p>husband was always kept out of the family financial affairs once his Mom became incapacitated. The older two made all decisions and never consulted with him ONCE always thinking of husband as the "baby" (in his forties). I won't go into detail, but some of the things done once my mother in law passed away were so callous towards husband. The two older ones were always held up as being "the responsible" ones. Even though they certainly weren't models of perfection. They had more $$$ than husband and I, but as we have discovered now, certainly NOT MORE SENSE. </p><p> </p><p>DHs sister was arrested for DUI and hit and run. She spent some time in jail and had her DL revoked (I can't even IMAGINE my MILs reaction to that). She left her husband, shacked-up with someone else, then moved from there, and is currently bouncing from friend's house to friend's house. She quit her long time job and is living on a moderate inheritance of mother in law. She's 60.</p><p> </p><p>husband's brother was recently arrested for DUI. He's 64. He's diabetic and uses a pump and has fragile mental health. Yet, he was in control of all of my mother in law's estate. husband could never get answers about certain assets and what happened to them. Brother likes living large and he also spends large. Spoiled (and I don't use that term easily) their two boys rotten and boy did they ever get payback on that one. Oldest has destroyed their million dollar home and kicked out of several schools. He's 22 now and seen the inside of a jail cell a few times. </p><p> </p><p>Then there's husband and I. The babies. No DUI's (husband would lose his job) and no jail. We live in a small home and don't drive new cars. husband has a blue collar job and his siblings have always looked down there nose at us because of that. We pay our bills and are good neighbors. Yet, we were suppose to be the losers.</p><p> </p><p>Oh, the irony. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I hope you have a lovely dinner with M.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DazedandConfused, post: 206389, member: 831"] Good for you, Witz! I'm so glad you shared it with us. It's interesting how it works out with kids and parents. husband and I were talking about he and his siblings(2) the other day. husband is the baby by 12 years to his sister and 16 to his brother. husband has always been held up as the irresponsible "baby". Granted, he got in trouble as a teen, and made some bad choices, but so did his siblings! husband was always kept out of the family financial affairs once his Mom became incapacitated. The older two made all decisions and never consulted with him ONCE always thinking of husband as the "baby" (in his forties). I won't go into detail, but some of the things done once my mother in law passed away were so callous towards husband. The two older ones were always held up as being "the responsible" ones. Even though they certainly weren't models of perfection. They had more $$$ than husband and I, but as we have discovered now, certainly NOT MORE SENSE. DHs sister was arrested for DUI and hit and run. She spent some time in jail and had her DL revoked (I can't even IMAGINE my MILs reaction to that). She left her husband, shacked-up with someone else, then moved from there, and is currently bouncing from friend's house to friend's house. She quit her long time job and is living on a moderate inheritance of mother in law. She's 60. husband's brother was recently arrested for DUI. He's 64. He's diabetic and uses a pump and has fragile mental health. Yet, he was in control of all of my mother in law's estate. husband could never get answers about certain assets and what happened to them. Brother likes living large and he also spends large. Spoiled (and I don't use that term easily) their two boys rotten and boy did they ever get payback on that one. Oldest has destroyed their million dollar home and kicked out of several schools. He's 22 now and seen the inside of a jail cell a few times. Then there's husband and I. The babies. No DUI's (husband would lose his job) and no jail. We live in a small home and don't drive new cars. husband has a blue collar job and his siblings have always looked down there nose at us because of that. We pay our bills and are good neighbors. Yet, we were suppose to be the losers. Oh, the irony. I hope you have a lovely dinner with M. [/QUOTE]
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