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[quote=Anonymous]I know several families like this including my own and my wife's.  But in most cases, the "low man out" made some choice that caused the issue.  In my family, my brother and I chose lucrative careers that we were interested in.  My sister had a well paying job in her area of talent, but chose to give it up and pursue her passion instead.  Both my brother and I have passions, but we chose to explore those in non-professional ways.  In my wife's family, her oldest brother chose to work for disability rights for a state government.  Laudable, but he's struggled to make ends meet originally in his low paying state job, later in retirement where his retirement benefits are weak.  My wife and her other brother both chose more lucrative careers.  Both also support disabilities but in more financially stable ways.  In most of the instances similar to what you have described, the financially struggling family member made a choice for some principal that has left them living very meager lifestyles.  [/quote]

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