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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP: I am done.

I am done asking for help.
I am done suggesting alternative ways to help.
I am done explaining how trying to do it all on my own health, my finances, my career, my DH, and my children.
I am done hearing that I’m a saint.
I am done explaining that no, I was not the favored child nor did I get disproportionate time or money growing up.
I am done hoping they will come around.
I am done hearing that I should just walk away. 
I am done hearing that what you allow to continue, you are accepting or however that shitty phrase goes.

I’ll do it, but I am done calling it anything other than what it really is: unfair.

It is unfair.[/quote]

I feel your pain. This was me, except now my selfish sibling is aging and she clearly expects me to do for her what I did for our mother. I try to help in some ways but I will  not devote the last years of my life to being a caregiver for her when I devoted so much of my middle age to caring for our elderly parent. Don't be a martyr. Set up a system to at least be sure your expenses are covered. Keep receipts, etc. to avoid legal troubles related to this as uninvolved siblings will often accuse you of taking too much.[/quote]

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