AlexP, why do your parents continue to allow your brother to live rent free when they need rent from the house to fund their own retirement?
Do they know their other two children are not happy about it? I know you say you have accepted it but I would not be happy, especially seeing he is clearly taking full advantage of your parents and spending his money on "goodies". Different if he really needed financial support, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Why do your parents think it is okay to hand him this windfall and still split their assets three ways? Do they have any idea of the impact this could have on their children when they are gone?
I would be talking to your parents, with your other sibling, and suggesting that you each are give the equivalent of what your brother has been given over the years.
Hubby's father's will was "interesting" to say the least and when his mother is gone, the bunfight will start again. It is too long and complicated a story for here, but suffice to say, it involves similar issues and has caused a split that will never heal. It doesn't bother hubby at all, and he is happy to just walk away from it, but there is a whole lot of bitterness with three of his siblings.
I know it is none of my business, but I really hate to see anybody taken advantage of, and it seems your brother is happy to take advantage of your parents. Perhaps he will give you and your sister part of his one-third inheritence one day to equal the free ride he has had
Do they know their other two children are not happy about it? I know you say you have accepted it but I would not be happy, especially seeing he is clearly taking full advantage of your parents and spending his money on "goodies". Different if he really needed financial support, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Why do your parents think it is okay to hand him this windfall and still split their assets three ways? Do they have any idea of the impact this could have on their children when they are gone?
I would be talking to your parents, with your other sibling, and suggesting that you each are give the equivalent of what your brother has been given over the years.
Hubby's father's will was "interesting" to say the least and when his mother is gone, the bunfight will start again. It is too long and complicated a story for here, but suffice to say, it involves similar issues and has caused a split that will never heal. It doesn't bother hubby at all, and he is happy to just walk away from it, but there is a whole lot of bitterness with three of his siblings.
I know it is none of my business, but I really hate to see anybody taken advantage of, and it seems your brother is happy to take advantage of your parents. Perhaps he will give you and your sister part of his one-third inheritence one day to equal the free ride he has had