Posted on 03/20/2024 3:20:25 PM PDT by grundle
Ah, yes. I see, belatedly. You’re right.
Your second scenario sounds like Paulie and Adrian.
Kristin, tell your daughter she’s wong.
The comments on Yahoo are surprisingly conservative. Most seem to be “Tell your daughter to Bugger Off!”
So true.
My dad knew, from childhood, a true “bad seed.” Total psychopath, bordering on demonic. Dad and everyone else was warned in the second grade, to watch out for this character. The guy was smart enough to stay out of prison but his crimes were legion. He married one time, raised one kid.
That kid, now in his 50’s, has never been in trouble, has a happy, satisfying marriage, family and social life; everyone who ever knew his dad thinks this outcome is a miracle.
And the bad seed’s parents — you guessed it, great people. There are no guarantees.
She stopped being the author's responsibility when she was given away at the wedding.
Great answer. Daughter needs to count her lessons and live within her means.
I’ve known them some 20 years, since I was a child. He was always saying his half-sister had “the mind of a child.” I’m convinced he wants her to have the mind of a child. For pete’s sake, she can read, write and do math better than most of the public high school seniors in the county, according to the proficiency scores. She can drive a car, and babysit kids and care for his pets; only too dumb to go out on a date?
In a way it reminds me of “Barretts of Wimpole Street.” Elizabeth’s father telling her she was an invalid.
poster child for “no good deed goes unpunished”. learn to say NO! and follow through. wifey had her own house before we got married. 2 ADULT(over 40)children, 2 GRAND sons(over 18), and her brother(almost 60 at the time)lived with her in her house.we married and she moved into my house. out of three bedrooms she has her own office, I have my own studio and we have our master bedroom. she sold her house, the clan had no where to go so started trying to finagle a way into our house(My house”). now wifey has the perfect guilt-free excuse when they try...”Hubby says NO!”. she’s off the family hook and now that they know me, they don’t try me. tough love is designed to Force people,and particularly your adult Children, to GROW UP! definitely not for the weak but keep in mind “Only the Weak apologize to the Petulant”.
s/b “...count her blessings...”
Single parent can mean never married, divorced or surviving spouse. It really doesn’t matter what her marriage status was, her children could see that she worked two jobs in order to take care of them. She did her job and her new husband owes them nothing. Does the daughter not know about the pre-nup? That’s a pretty big hint that she shouldn’t expect a house from her stepfather.
not necessarily from mommy. college peer pressure and indoctrination can easily re-trained your children into people you don’t recognize. seems dogs have it right with progeny...pop them out and go your separate ways. once they’re weaned there’s no responsibility or guilt over how they turn out. in other words if your children suck, walk away and let them. do it for YOUR peace of mind.you won’t change them.
Yes.
Second and third child saw what happened with the first. My sister and brother also saw it. Everyone was outraged by their behavior.
My husband, our two other children, and I are moving to joint land with my sister and her family.
Since COVID wrecked me, I in my declining years now. Moving my family to our final home is part of my end stage preparations.
Maybe that’s the real reason for the pre-nup. Loved the wife and found her worthy. Liked the kids well enough but understood them better.
Agreed. Didn’t intend to disparage anyone, but kinda did. Just a little hard-hearted, I suppose. Valid observation about her working to keep things afloat. Rough that her kids had to live through that. Likely led to her daughter having a big ‘ol void in her heart, and her seeking money to fill it.
I was just being counter argumentative to someone being argumentative.
I have no attachment to either side of this “news”.
I regret posting to it.
That’s crazy but I don’t doubt it.
“I had to sign a prenup when we got married”
No. You didn’t.
“..if he dies before me, I will not be inheriting millions.”
And if you die first?
She does not mention how she became single.
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