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Was your brother already selfish?
How did he get that way?[/quote]

OP here. Not really. Generally a nice guy but certainly started fading from me and especially our mom after marriage. But the contrast of how he treats our mother (especially when she's only got him and me) vs. how he treats the in-laws is hard to swallow. And it is not his wife excluding my mother (or me). His wife is very sweet.

The few of you posting about "fun" are odd. Who thinks about family, at least your parents, that way? And no, not everything a widowed parent needs is fun. But if I didn't step up, she'd have nobody.

My mother would babysit or do anything for them at the drop of a hat. He's never asked once. The in-laws babysit all the time. Again, I think he makes up that she's busy when truthfully she's lonely and he should be doing far more to engage her.

Then the handful of times he does engage her he wants her (and my family) to be fake and act thrilled for the rare invite?[/quote]

Have you heard the saying that a son is a son until he finds a wife, but a daughter is for life?[/quote]

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