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[quote=Anonymous]Like the OP I have a one sibling that has a great education.  She even has a great job but she is horrible with money.  She won't pay bills until it goes to collection or the utility gets turned off. She received a foreclosure notice on her home 5 years ago when I was visiting.  At that point she had no money in her back account but room upon room of clothes. I reached out to my parents and they bailed her out.  They got all of her bills paid. Mortgage, utilities, medical bills and 3 credit cards.  As a bit of history she went to college at a top 20 school and my parents paid in full.  When I went to school we took out student loans and my parent promised the plan was to pay them n full once i graduated. They were short on liquid funds at that time but would have plenty of money once they could retire.  Once I graduated I had many conversations with them about the loans and was told they would send me the money soon.  I stopped asking after a year and paid the loans off myself.  Two years ago my sister totaled her car (at fault accident) so my parents paid for a new one.  They were telling me this over the phone. It was just too much for me and I got upset and asked them to stop telling me what money they were giving her. I told them it is their money and they can use it any way they want to but I really don't want it thrown in my face anymore that they keep giving her money and not me. They acted like they had no idea what I was talking about. I had to go back and spell it out that 20 years ago they changed their mind on paying for my college.  They argued and said they did. I argued they didn't and it took me 15 years to pay them off. My mom yelled and said she could prove she did because she still has all of the cancelled checks.  I got a call the next day...from my dad.  My mom had written the check for my loans but made it out and sent it to my sister!!! My dad apologized and promised they would keep things equal going forward.  So, my sister is still a screw up but now every time she messes up and asks my parents for help we get a check and put it in our kids 529 plans.  
  The moral of this was when I spoke up my parents realized that how they were acting was an issue.[/quote]

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