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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I am in a similar situation, except I am pregnant.  The thing is that my sibling makes my mom do so much more than she can handle.  She's almost 70 and has taken care of their kids for an entire summer at a time, even once getting pink eye in both eyes from the kids, but still taking care of them.  I couldn't do that to my mom.  She already raised kids and she does it because she wants to help out and is worried she won't get access to her grandkids if she refuses.  So I won't do that to her.  She deserves better.  Does it suck that I won't get free childcare?  Yes, but life isn't fair, and I would much rather she have her health.  It's a shame that my sibling doesn't seem to care, but that is on them.[/quote]

There is no such thing as MAKING a grown-ass adult do anything.

Might your sister use guilt trips, whining, emotional manipulation to make her case to your mom to get her way? Yeah, absolutely.

Who is in charge of what your mom does and does not do, and how she spends her time?

Wait for it...your mom.

Yes, your mom deserves better. But until she grows up and grows a spine and stops allowing herself to be a doormat, she's going to be used as a doormat. Not actually your sister's fault.[/quote]

Perhaps.  It’s a shitty thing to do, any way you cut it.[/quote]

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