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[quote=Anonymous]My father recently suffered a stroke and needed to be moved out of his home immediately to come live with my husband and I. I have two brothers that live local. My youngest brother and I (and my husband) took off of work last week to clear the house out. We worked for about 6 days straight nonstop getting the house ready. Our other brother was out of town for work until Thursday. We spoke throughout the week and he said he would come immediately over on thursday after he landed to help out over the weekend. When Thursday rolled around and he called when he got in, he said that his plans had changed and he had to go out of town for his uncle in laws birthday party.

I was shocked. We were down to the wire getting my dad out and cancelled a trip to visit my in laws to be there for my father. Not to mention the cost, my husband and I ended up putting all of the moving, storage, uhaul, and landfill expenses on our credit card. The total was almost $1500.00 which for us is not easy to spare.

I am so mad at my brother. I know he will call in the next couple of days to see how everything went and I do not want to instantly blow up at him. This was crazy to me that he would choose not to be there to help us. It was hard and painful and we are all exhausted and wiped. Not to mention my dad, who is now at our house, feels terrible even though none of this is his fault.

My husband is done with my brother and wants nothing more to do with him. Considering my husband has helped my brother and his wife move about 5 times in the past 2 years, he is so mad that my brother wasnt there to help.

I wanted to know if anyone had any advice about how to handle this. I dont want to just start yelling because my brother will just cuss me out and hang up. But i also dont want to bottle this up because this was a huge thing and it will only make me hate him. [/quote]

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