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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents divorced when I was young and my dad remarried. I have one full sibling from my mom and dad (a brother 2 years younger) and a half sister who is 14 years younger than me. My half sister has always been treated differently from my brother and I who were help to much higher standard when it comes to things like education, work ethic and even manners.

At age 26 my half sister has NEVER had a job of any kind. She did graduate from college (which is the only thing my dad has ever forced her to do). My dad and step mom bankroll her whole life and she spends pretty extravagantly - fancy clothes, 3 meals a day eaten out, gym memberships, traveling regularly. My dad complains about this nonstop but refuses to do anything about it. Meanwhile, my brother and I have not received a penny from him since the day we graduated despite times we really could have used some help - which is the thing that makes me bitter.

What frustrates me most is that my dad has worked incredibly hard his whole life and has been very successful financially, and now all he wants is to retire but says he will have to work for the rest of his life to afford my step mom and half sister’s extravagant lifestyle. Lately he has started joking to my brother and I not to get too excited about his will because my step mom and half sister will probably bankrupt him by that point. He also talks about how my brother and I will need to look out for my half sister when they are gone because she doesn’t know how to do anything for herself.

For years I have just tried to ignore the inequity since I have worked hard to have a nice lift of my own, but the more my dad complains the more it makes me mad that he doesn’t do anything about this situation which is completely of his own design.

Last night we all went out to dinner and when my half sister showed up in a brand new very expensive car I literally lost it. My dad just told me he was going to put his foot down and get her a more reasonable car since he doesn’t want to push her to get a job.

Anyone have advice? How would you feel in a situation like this? It really hard not to get frustrated.[/quote]

I have no advice except I am in the exact same boat.[/quote]

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