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[quote=Anonymous]My mom has a similar financial situation to yours and I also handle all of her finances at this point.  She still gets paper credit card and bank statements and every month I have to go over all the transactions line by line with her.  She’ll forgot what she asked me to pay or told me to do.  I always put a note in the memo section of online transactions so I can pull those up on the computer and show her.  She’ll also make financial decisions (like gifting money to her minor grandchildren where she initiated the conversation and we talked about extensively for weeks) and then question when I implement what she requested.  I’ve gotten over taking it personally, and anything she seems uncomfortable with later I’ll offer to stop or undo.

But in my case I tell my brother EVERYTHING because I don’t want him to think I’m doing anything bad with her money.

In your case I’d totally tour her around cheaper places.  She’ll hate them.  And realize very quickly that’s not what she wants so she’ll stop complaining.  But trust me OP she’ll find something else to fixate on.  Ignore your idiot brother.  In this case with your mom it’s not you it’s her.  The key is to go with the flow and don’t take anything personally.[/quote]

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