Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was in a very similar family situation. I was in college, taking student loans & trying to make rent while my mom would bring home piles of brand new stuff for my then-little nephew a week: stuff straight from the local Carter’s store, more piles of new clothes from Old Navy, toys, food, reusable water bottles, books etc. She spent like crazy on this child. My younger sibling was in middle school at the time.
My mom openly admitted to me that she wasn’t sure when & if she’d ever have another grandchild, so might as well go all out on this one.
1. Those costs are nothing next to college costs. You were an adult and presumably functional enough. It often happens that parents let the more capable child fend a little more for themselves while they deal with the one with more needs. My neighbor and I, both with one autistic kid and one neurotypical kid, have to do this. We only have two arms and so much bandwidth.
2. Excuse me, do you mean to say that your sibling who had a child was in middle school at the time?!? Who do you think was going to provide the baby stuff?
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