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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The brother is living with the parents and helping take care of them. He is, no doubt, doing far more for the parents than OP or the other siblings are.  I think OP underestimates how much work is involved and how much better off the parents and the whole family are just by the brother being there.  The brother deserves the house.[/quote]

What fairytale world do you live in?  The idea that a 50 year old man living with his parents (who are paying his bills and supporting him) is somehow a CAREGIVER is quite a stretch.  [/quote]

This. Lol.  [/quote]

I come from a world where my 50 year old brother lives with my mother (my father being long deceased) and his siblings and I are extraordinarily grateful.  I also come from a world where my brother's ex-wife, also in her 50s, lived with her mother (with Alzheimer's) for years and her siblings are grateful.

Even if the brother is a f*ck up, there are intangible benefits to having him living with elderly parents.  And remember, his relationship with his parents is different than his relationship with his siblings.  Note that the OP isn't saying her parents don't like him living with them or want him gone.  No doubt they like having him there.

And in the end it's THEIR money. [/quote]

It depends on the situation.  Op has not mentioned that her brother helps out her parents AT ALL. In fact, Op doesn't mention that her parents even have health concerns.  Op says that her parents are taking care of her brother.  He is basically a lazy 50 year old teenage boy living under their roof.

Now it is possible that Op is being very uncharitable to her brother and is not mentioning the enormous amount of help that he has been giving to their parents for the past 15 years.  We only know what Op is telling us.  And having seen this dynamic before it would not surprise me if Op's brother has his elderly parents cooking and cleaning for HIM and giving him spending money.[/quote]

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