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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Help her. Why not. If you can afford it. She is your sister not a stranger. One day you might need help,, not money but what if your husband dies and you are left alone and everyone else will be old and dead and she will be all you have. That little money will be between you two and then it will so not matter.

Why money is everything. Isn't it you guys make it to do good with it? This is your chance to help her children to get ahead in life and one day maybe they will help you .. or not but still. [b]So many people here give to charity to strangers but when a family could be helped the same people raise hell.[/b]  :roll: [/quote]

You hit the nail on the head.  This is very true.[/quote]

When I give to charity, I decide when and where to do so. And the people I support appreciate it. People like OP’s sister feel that they are owed money by everyone else regardless of circumstances. You help them once, and they start demanding more and more. It never ends. No one said that we shouldn’t help family members, but we can’t jeopardize our financial security for those who make no effort to help themselves.  [/quote]

This is naive.  You have no idea what the people are like who benefit from the charity.  You write a check and you hope.

Helping people directly is a messy business.

Private school is probably a crappy investment.  If op can afford to put some money aside for these kids’ college that she controls, that would be the best plan.

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