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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG.  I *insisted* that my parents change their estate plan to name me as my sister's guardian when I was 18.  If both of our parents died, we would have inherited a lot of money so financial security was not an issue.  I wanted to make sure my sister was with me and could stay in our home or at least in her school.  I would have cheerfully transferred to a local college over having her uprooted and moved to a different state and living with relatives we saw once per year and now only see at weddings and funerals.[/quote]

OP here - it's kind of the opposite situation with us. DS lives across the country while Grandma lives about an hour away, and we see her anywhere from 1-3 times each month. Grandma is ... difficult. She will only see what she wants to believe. For example, she was giving the girls dinner while I was recovering from surgery and would say that they didn't have to eat vegetable.s. My kids actually like veggies though and would ask her for them. She'd say no, that kids don't like vegetables and refuse to give them to the girls. She pushes them to conform to stereotypes constantly. She will tell the girls their opinions are wrong and they don't know what they like. "You don't want that blue shirt - here, have the yellow."  We don't share the same values as her. We do not believe in or pray to Jesus but she constantly tells the girls to behave because "Jesus is watching!" It's like this with every single thing they say or do. Whereas my son just accepts them as they are. [/quote]

Is there no one else you can choose? How about someone close to your age: good friend or relative who shares your values?[/quote]

It's not that there's nobody else to choose. It's that DS asked and was surprised and I think a little hurt to find out they don't go to him.[/quote]

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