[gloryblaze]

The sad truth is that family members are often as bad as the hired help.

[LibertarianLiz]

That is a sad truth. When my grandfather was in a nursing home one of my cousins (she was an older cousin, my dad's niece) was visiting him and he had given her permission to take care of the money he had there. Well, she just kept taking money out of his account for herself.

My Dad and his sister and brother found out about this after he had died. When they got the insurance money that my grandfather had left to them, they split it between themselves and she was left out. When she complained, they explained to her that she had already taken her portion.

I was shocked to learn what she had done when my Dad told me the details. She didn't ever seem like the type of person who would do such a thing; but, she did.