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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will never understanding rewarding people for being lazy like you’re doing them a favor. People like OP’s brother will blow through that money, and when he’s left with nothing, he won’t even have OP to turn to because mom will have blown up that bridge.

There are times when unequal inheritances can make sense. Disabilities that require money for assistance, for example. But just because kids chose different life paths and one is “more successful”? What if OP has a debilitating car accident and can no longer work? What if OP ends up divorced and scraping by? What if the brother hits the lottery? No one knows what the future will bring. Treat your kids equally if you want them to have any relationship at all.[/quote]

Again, this poster is ignoring the fact that the brother lives with and presumably takes care of many things for the [b]money[/b] and will only do more as she ages.  That's worth something.  He may be professionally "lazy," but why should the mother care about that?  What's important is what he's doing for the mother -- and it's HER money.  She very well may see the brother as making sacrifices for her that the OP isn't doing, and as time goes on and she ages, trust me -- he will be doing a lot for her on a daily basis, simply because he lives with her, and OP won't be doing those things.  In fact, OP will (or should be) happier knowing that her mother isn't alone while OP continues to live her wildly successful life free of the shackles of her mother's care.  [/quote]

LOL mother not money![/quote]

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