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[quote=Anonymous]Mom is 69 and gets SS and a tiny pension, it is not enough so she has been working retail FT for a few years and that has been just enough to make ends meet.

She made a series of horrible decisions that led to her having no savings and no home. So she has been renting 1 br apartment near her sibling.

Anyway, due to medical issues, I think her time working retail is up. I don’t think she can move in with her sibling, or any of us (her children) without causing enormous stress in our marriages and lives.

I’m pretty pissed about her decisions that led up to this situation. She could have had a decent retirement if she had not made these horrible decisions. I also don’t feel close to her, and never have, due to her prioritization of other people over us kids, through our entire lives. That’s a whole other issue. But I don’t feel like helping her more than other random people. I had to work very hard to get where I am in life and want to focus on my kids and getting them through college.

So I don’t want her to move in with us, and I don’t want to send her money or anything. But it is all coming to a head now and my siblings will be discussing what to do. I need to find the right words.[/quote]

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