I was onboard with the advice until that point, but FUCK RIGHT OFF to the columnist for saying that.
I know that I need to live my life as if my mother were going to live to 108 and use all her funds for eldercare, but I *also* am disabled and have no realistic other source for a future financial windfall, so calling it "distasteful" that I might not want to be cut out of a (very wealthy) parent's will is nasty and judgmental as hell.
And, yes, I also caught that both elders have bigger houses than the LW, and could have traded caretaking for a place to live.
I also am going to be That Mean Sister Who Isn't The Caregiving Kind, because if you're going to make one kid the scapegoat and one the golden child, you'd better count on the golden child to take care of you in your old age.
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I know that I need to live my life as if my mother were going to live to 108 and use all her funds for eldercare, but I *also* am disabled and have no realistic other source for a future financial windfall, so calling it "distasteful" that I might not want to be cut out of a (very wealthy) parent's will is nasty and judgmental as hell.
And, yes, I also caught that both elders have bigger houses than the LW, and could have traded caretaking for a place to live.
I also am going to be That Mean Sister Who Isn't The Caregiving Kind, because if you're going to make one kid the scapegoat and one the golden child, you'd better count on the golden child to take care of you in your old age.
The end of that paragraph makes me want to SPIT.