|
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|
|
"Is eating out cheaper than cooking at home?"
"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:56:05 -0400, Goomba >
> wrote:
>
>> On 8/27/13 12:55 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > On 2013-08-27 10:17 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yeah. My middle brother and I don't speak. He got ****ed because Mom
>> >> left me the house. He expected me to sell it and split the proceeds.
>> >> Her lawyer told him even if I sold the house he wasn't entitled to
>> >> money
>> >> from the sale of it. He threatened to contest the will. The lawyer
>> >> said knock yourself out; you'll lose. The real kicker was when he
>> >> *sent
>> >> me a bill* for attending Mom's funeral! Cost of air fare, hotel,
>> >> rental
>> >> car. Talk about sour grapes.
>> >
>> >
>> > I guess it would depend on how how insistent he was that he be
>> > reimbursed. It is not unheard of for arrangements being made for the
>> > estate to pay for travel for distant family to attend a funeral.
>> >
>>
>> I was going to say about that same thing. And of course, IMO, the estate
>> *should* have been split up in thirds by whatever means.
>
> I don't agree with that. Jill cared for both her mother and her
> father for years before their deaths and it was not an easy task
> dealing with her father. Her brother was measuring the furniture
> before her mother had died. Very tacky man and the ultimate
> cheapskate. As a parent, you are not obligated to treat your children
> equally. That brother is a jerk, with a home and a good job. He can
> provide for himself. Leaving the house to Jill was her mother's way
> of saying thank you for devoting so many years of her life to taking
> care of them.
+1
--
--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/
|