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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why did you share this information with them?[/quote]

Exactly this.  Why do your other 2 kids even know?  My parents occasionally dole out a gift to their kids, but if they are helping someone more on an individual level I am not asking details.  It's their money.  My dad helped my sister with a home renovation.  I have no idea how much money or what they decided to do.  Was it a loan? A gift?  A portion of her future inheritance?  I don't know and I don't care.  Could I dig in and demand details so that I can decide if I should be hurt or not?  I guess.  But what good would that do?  They are adults taking care of their own business.[/quote]

I knew my elderly parents were giving my brother money because he has been sporadically employed for most of the last decade and yet lives in a nice house with every cable channel and other perks that I don't have. I never asked how much they were giving him. The only reason it came to light is that they took out a reverse mortgage on their paid-off house to buy my brother's house (in their name but he lives there). They told me months later because I'm the executor of their estate, and they didn't want me to find out that way. So, no, I didn't "dig in and demand details." If you're not living this scenario you have no idea what it's like. [/quote]

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