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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where did Thelma get $1200 to give her daughter?  That is a chunk of change when you are retired and living on a budget.  I'm starting to forget details, but if she had $200k (what she left Mary and her brother), and it was invested and returning about 8%, that would be ~$16k/year pre-tax, right?  Plus social security payments.  Weren't they self employed?  So no pension.  House was owned outright, but you still have taxes, insurance and utilities on the house.  That's living on a budget.  How could she afford to give Mary $1200?  I also agree this has been a most entertaining and riveting thread. Despite the inconsistencies and incongruencies, I definitely bit, so OP, thank you for weaving such an interesting tale.  Now I wait for the flamer who yells at anyone who dares question this thread.[/quote]

I don't think that the OP said how much the stipend was. $1200 is what Mary is asking for now. I don't think anyone considers it reasonable except for Mary and (apparently) OP's grandmother, who is now facing the prospect of being New Thelma for Mary.

I still believe the thread. I think that there isn't much that the OP can do to make skeptics believe her, short of producing her godmother's name, social security number, and financial statements. I do think that the person insisting that there's no way that Thelma would have left her house to someone other than her children unless she was coerced has different family dynamics than this family. [/quote]

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