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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would it bother you if your parents left your sibling more than you because sibling chose not to work?[/quote]

Need more info as to why sibling isn't working for money
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He doesn’t like working. He saved up some money 200k and quit the job he hated at 35. He is almost 50 now. He is divorced and lives with our parents over a decade. They pay most of his bills. He has been lazy since he was a kid. My mom wants to make it fair by giving him the house he lives in with them -worth over a million, then split the cash between the two of us. So she is rewarding his laziness.[/quote]

Doesn’t sound like a very happy life. Truly no reason for you to be jealous.

My siblings need more than me. I wish my parents had more to give them. I do my best to help. [/quote]
Since when does fairness equal jealousy?[/quote]

When you’re upset at what you perceive as a lack of fairness, it’s because you think someone has what you don’t, so jealousy. If you don’t like the word, sub in something else. The vocabulary doesn’t matter. It’s the attitude that’s going to cause problems.

No one on this board would want to trade places with an unemployed 50 yr old living at home with elderly parents. Sounds terrible. [/quote]
Jealous is the wrong word. Presumably OP works and has a lot more money than her brother, so why would she be jealous?[/quote]

The jealousy (or whatever word) is related to hurt feelings rather than actual monetary value. It’s another way the parents have shown their preference for one child over another. Anyone would be upset by this, so OP’s feelings are completely natural. The best thing to do is to disengage emotionally. It may also help to spend less time with her parents.[/quote]

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