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LuvMySissy · 02-15-2007, 05:12 AM

Connie - I'm so sorry you are going through this with your sister. There is one in every family, I think! My grandmother spent two weeks in the hospital before she passed away. One of my aunts lived with her "to take care of her", which was such a joke. Another aunt who was well-to-do paid this aunt over $40K a year to live with grandma. In reality, all she did was live there. Grandma paid someone else to clean the house, an uncle came over to take out the trash and do laundry, and yet someone else grocery shopped. All this aunt did was plant her fat a$$ in the back bedroom. Grandma still cooked and did everything else, including dishes.

While Grandma was in the hospital, this aunt boxed up everything in the house - all the photos from her lifetime, her wedding rings, several pieces of jewelry and all the clothes she wanted (but would NEVER be able to fit into), so that when Grandma passed and the other siblings (7 in total) came to the house to go through things, there was very little there. The well-to-do aunt had told her she wanted to go through the jewelry and allocate who it went to since she bought it all for her. When that was occurring, the lousy aunt was yelling orders from the living room as to what her kids should get.

The absolute worst part of all this is that the many boxes of things she took just went into her garage, were never opened, and when she moved a few years later and my mom helped her, the boxes were wet and rotted and almost nothing was salvageable. The only reason that any of the siblings have any photos was that my well-to-do aunt asked the witch to let her see the photos and have copies made. Most of this stuff was just stuff, but things that had sentimental value to certain people.

I guess what my book here is trying to say is I think we all know when someone will act like this, but we want to give them the benefit of the doubt and we end up getting screwed!! And we usually end up losing two family members as these feelings don't go away. Remember that these things don't represent your mom and no one can ever take away what you feel for her in your heart.

02-15-2007, 05:12 AM	#19
LuvMySissy Luv my Angel, too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 9,333	Connie - I'm so sorry you are going through this with your sister. There is one in every family, I think! My grandmother spent two weeks in the hospital before she passed away. One of my aunts lived with her "to take care of her", which was such a joke. Another aunt who was well-to-do paid this aunt over $40K a year to live with grandma. In reality, all she did was live there. Grandma paid someone else to clean the house, an uncle came over to take out the trash and do laundry, and yet someone else grocery shopped. All this aunt did was plant her fat a$$ in the back bedroom. Grandma still cooked and did everything else, including dishes. While Grandma was in the hospital, this aunt boxed up everything in the house - all the photos from her lifetime, her wedding rings, several pieces of jewelry and all the clothes she wanted (but would NEVER be able to fit into), so that when Grandma passed and the other siblings (7 in total) came to the house to go through things, there was very little there. The well-to-do aunt had told her she wanted to go through the jewelry and allocate who it went to since she bought it all for her. When that was occurring, the lousy aunt was yelling orders from the living room as to what her kids should get. The absolute worst part of all this is that the many boxes of things she took just went into her garage, were never opened, and when she moved a few years later and my mom helped her, the boxes were wet and rotted and almost nothing was salvageable. The only reason that any of the siblings have any photos was that my well-to-do aunt asked the witch to let her see the photos and have copies made. Most of this stuff was just stuff, but things that had sentimental value to certain people. I guess what my book here is trying to say is I think we all know when someone will act like this, but we want to give them the benefit of the doubt and we end up getting screwed!! And we usually end up losing two family members as these feelings don't go away. Remember that these things don't represent your mom and no one can ever take away what you feel for her in your heart. __________________ Sissy & Angel