Don't understand what my mom is thinking

[cptofthehouse]

<p>Mom2collegekids, I know about a terrible feud in a divorce situation where the father did not want to pay for his kids’ private schools. I was startled to see that this same dad was contributing at a very high level to a local prep school where my kids were attending. Such is human nature, I guess. </p>

<p>I hope my kids are not looking at money I spend on others as giving away what they could be getting during my lifetime and thereafter. Brrrr- gives me the chills to think that they are waiting for me to kick off so they can inherit the bills I owe, LOL.</p>

[ellemenope]

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I think the real problem is not money although many of us are making it about money. Apparently, OP doesn’t need money and the parents have plenty of money to help the niece.

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<p>Exactly my thought, tango14. It’s obvious that OP is fully funded and that his parents decided to help a niece, knowing that his needs were taken care of. It would have been nice if they had talked all of this over with OP before doing it. Not a requirement–but nice. </p>

<p>The situation with the niece has some real potential for blowing up financially, though.</p>