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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband started sending his mother money every month when he was in his early 30s. It was a very manageable amount for us. She is a widow and was living off social security and had nothing else. He has siblings and they also helped. [b]His mother filed for bankruptcy before this, and when my husband was in his early 20s and we had not met yet, he and his older siblings chipped in to give her money to try to save her house.[/b]

His mother has since had a medical crisis and was moved into a nursing home, which is paid for by Medicaid. So he is not supporting her financially any longer. He and his siblings did draw the line at spending a ton of money to try to keep her in her house (which wasn't a reasonable choice anyway after the crisis) or in one of their homes.

My own parents are financially well off and so this will not be an issue for them.[/quote]

How it was his or his siblings' fault that their mother defaulted on her loans?[/quote]

I’m sure you think these repetitive childish posts make you sound intelligent and clever, but I assure you, they do not.[/quote]

Who said I was trying to sound intelligent or clever? Even a 5-year-old can understand that it's not fair for someone to have to make sacrifices for someone else's poor choices.[/quote]

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