Tell us about your idiot relatives - Page 2

scaeagles · 07-25-2006, 10:29 AM

It sucks when idiot relatives have children, traci and sac. My wife's brothers do as well. One has only one, but he and his wife pawn that kid off on others constantly so that they can do what they want. The other is a fireman who always golfs on his off days, and his wife also works, so they expect grandma to sit 3-4 days/week, and she has a medical transcription business, so she ends up doing that in the evening and at night.

GC, you've mentioned some about your mom....got any others?

Gemini Cricket · 07-25-2006, 10:31 AM

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GC, you've mentioned some about your mom....got any others?

Well, you can whet your appetite with this gem from MP. Blast from the past...

Not Afraid · 07-25-2006, 10:41 AM

My Evil Sister. She's a trip and a half.

She's the oldest (or Eldest, as she would correct me) of 4. She's always been a bit "off". She's really high strung, histronic and extremely narcissistic. WHen I was 10, she changed her name from Linda to Alisa. Ummmm, Isn't that a bit clost to my name? About that time, she developed a fake English accent as well. Oh, and she's from Ohio, has lived in CA for the past 44 years and never lived in England. She's also has money from an unidentified source. She' modeled for a bit, but was never big, but she lives in Beverly Hills and drives a Jag. She was married only nce when she was 21 and that lasted 6 months. She's never married again nor has she had a lasting relationship.

When she was 40, she decided she would stop using birth control because she didn't think she could get pregnant. She got pregnant. She went through 3 different paternity test to find the father and, sadly for her, it wasn't one of the rich men she slept with. The baby was born with a brain leision and has motor skill issues and a host of other issues as well as MAJOR behaviour problems.

When my Mother died, she sole a bunch of things from the house before the body was even cold. My Mother and her had been in a fight and my Mom had done a holographic codacil to her will not allowing my sister to have any material things. ("THINGS" were important to my Mom.) My sister decided that I, as the youngest, had had all of the benefits of growing up when my parents were better off and, as she had a developmentally disabled son, she deseerved more of the inheritance and I deserved nothing. (Did I mention that the only reason we were comfortable was that MY father worked hard and their father did not - I was my father's only child - the others came from her first marriage.)

Anyways, she took us all to court, had a lawyer she paid in sexual favors, and ended up fighting with my brother who eas the executor of the will. She ended up getting all of my Brother's inheritance through some really nasty court wranglings. At one point, she had ALL of the family's band accounts put on hold including business accounts for everyone in the family including my SIL and BIL. This stuff went on for YEARS!

Needless to say, none of us have had any contact with her since and we all plan on keeping it that way.

SzczerbiakManiac · 07-25-2006, 11:39 AM

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she changed her name from Linda to Alisa. Ummmm, Isn't that a bit close to my name?

From how you describe her, it sounds appropriate (in a twisted way.) Since she is the antithesis of you—the Anti-Lisa—she should be called such.

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About that time, she developed a fake English accent as well. Oh, and she's from Ohio, has lived in CA for the past 44 years and never lived in England.

Reminds me of Vera Charles.

Patrick Dennis: Is the English lady sick, Auntie Mame?
Auntie Mame: She's not English, darling... she's from Pittsburgh.
Patrick Dennis: She sounded English.
Auntie Mame: Well, when you're from Pittsburgh, you have to do something.

- - - - -

My mom and grandma are quite a pair! First off, you must know my grandma is overall a wonderful lady, but she has some really annoying idiosyncrasies. Logic is lost on her. If she gets it in her head that the sky is green, there's not a damn thing you can do to convince her otherwise. But for reasons unknown to the rest of our family, my mom still tries. Every, and I mean every family dinner always ends with mom and grandma getting into an argument. Grandma will say something stupid (not offensive, just boneheaded) and mom will try to counter her with reason*. This leads to raised voices which in turn leads to everyone abandoning them at the dinner table to let them argue by themselves.

*I have reminded mom many times that it's impossible to reason someone out or a position they weren't reasoned into in the first place. She acknowledges this, but can't seem to help herself when it comes to her mother.

DreadPirateRoberts · 07-26-2006, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

When my Mother died, she sole a bunch of things from the house before the body was even cold. My Mother and her had been in a fight and my Mom had done a holographic codacil to her will not allowing my sister to have any material things. ("THINGS" were important to my Mom.)

Anyways, she took us all to court, had a lawyer she paid in sexual favors, and ended up fighting with my brother who eas the executor of the will. She ended up getting all of my Brother's inheritance through some really nasty court wranglings. At one point, she had ALL of the family's band accounts put on hold including business accounts for everyone in the family including my SIL and BIL. This stuff went on for YEARS!

After stories like these, I can see why having a trust is important. A trust doesn't have to go through probate.

Not Afraid · 07-26-2006, 11:00 AM

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After stories like these, I can see why having a trust is important. A trust doesn't have to go through probate.

My Mom had a will and a trust which was supposidly not contestable. However, because she made a holographic codicil, it became contestable - or the slut attorney made a successful bid at contesting.

What she thought was iron-clad became jello.

DreadPirateRoberts · 07-26-2006, 11:23 AM

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What she thought was iron-clad became jello.

That's good to know. So if the codicil hadn't been holographic, and was done by a lawyer, it would have held up better?

Moonliner · 07-26-2006, 11:59 AM

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My Mom had a will and a trust which was supposidly not contestable. However, because she made a holographic codicil, it became contestable - or the slut attorney made a successful bid at contesting.

What she thought was iron-clad became jello.

I'm sure NA already knows all of this, but for anyone else that's interested...

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A will written entirely in the handwriting of the Testator is called a "Holographic Will". Thus, a single piece of paper that says nothing more than "This is my last Will. I give all that I own at my death to XXXXX", and that is dated and signed, is sufficient to be a valid Will. However, if any part of this writing is not in Testator's own handwriting, it will be held invalid. In addition, upon Probate of the holographic will, the court will require proof of a person familiar with the Testator's signature to proof the genuineness of the document. A holographic will does not have to be witnessed.

In NA's case I'd guess that the Evil one argued that it was NOT her moms signature.

Not Afraid · 07-26-2006, 12:17 PM

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I'm sure NA already knows all of this, but for anyone else that's interested...

In NA's case I'd guess that the Evil one argued that it was NOT her moms signature.

My Mom made a couple of holographic codicils to her will. One was removing my sister from recieving any material posessions. The second was removing my brother as execetor. The whole family agreed - at first - that the codicils were written in a moment of drug-infused madness and that we would split everything evenly between the 4 of us, material posessions included.

However, when my sister decided then she needed MORE than the rest of us, the trouble started. She hired a lawyer slut, my Brother fought her and went ahead with the distrubution of money and stuff, but my sister refused to cooperate. It became a battle of wills between my brother and sister.

There was a contestation clause, but, somehow, the judge overruled it. There are lots of other details and horror stories, but I really have blocked a TON of it out of my mind. It was an AWFUL 2 years.

Funny side story - I was on the phone to my SIL and my evil sister was trying to get through to my brother (they did not have call waiting). She called me and actually ORDERED me to get off the phone so she could call my brother. Uh, I don't think so. CONTROLFREAKBITCH!

LSPoorEeyorick · 07-25-2006, 10:54 AM

I'm not going to speak badly of people I love who might stumble upon my words. But I will say this about most of my mom's and dad's siblings: They make me furious because they are making no effort to understand my mom's illness.

My mother's brothers talk behind her back about her being lazy. Yes, of course... because a woman with about 1/10 the amount of blood cells a normal person has, and whose steroid medication is slowly killing the rest of her body, is such a couch potato.

My father's siblings just tell her she should try to walk and get out more often. At my parents' anniversary party, one of them said to mom (who was outside in her wheelchair for the first time in a year) that she could go outside like that every day. So I turned to her, and very calmly but very firmly said "Aunt Pat, do you see that big bruise running down her arm? That's not a bruise. That's internal bleeding."

Still, they never ever get it.

07-25-2006, 10:29 AM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	It sucks when idiot relatives have children, traci and sac. My wife's brothers do as well. One has only one, but he and his wife pawn that kid off on others constantly so that they can do what they want. The other is a fireman who always golfs on his off days, and his wife also works, so they expect grandma to sit 3-4 days/week, and she has a medical transcription business, so she ends up doing that in the evening and at night. GC, you've mentioned some about your mom....got any others?
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07-25-2006, 10:41 AM	#3
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	My Evil Sister. She's a trip and a half. She's the oldest (or Eldest, as she would correct me) of 4. She's always been a bit "off". She's really high strung, histronic and extremely narcissistic. WHen I was 10, she changed her name from Linda to Alisa. Ummmm, Isn't that a bit clost to my name? About that time, she developed a fake English accent as well. Oh, and she's from Ohio, has lived in CA for the past 44 years and never lived in England. She's also has money from an unidentified source. She' modeled for a bit, but was never big, but she lives in Beverly Hills and drives a Jag. She was married only nce when she was 21 and that lasted 6 months. She's never married again nor has she had a lasting relationship. When she was 40, she decided she would stop using birth control because she didn't think she could get pregnant. She got pregnant. She went through 3 different paternity test to find the father and, sadly for her, it wasn't one of the rich men she slept with. The baby was born with a brain leision and has motor skill issues and a host of other issues as well as MAJOR behaviour problems. When my Mother died, she sole a bunch of things from the house before the body was even cold. My Mother and her had been in a fight and my Mom had done a holographic codacil to her will not allowing my sister to have any material things. ("THINGS" were important to my Mom.) My sister decided that I, as the youngest, had had all of the benefits of growing up when my parents were better off and, as she had a developmentally disabled son, she deseerved more of the inheritance and I deserved nothing. (Did I mention that the only reason we were comfortable was that MY father worked hard and their father did not - I was my father's only child - the others came from her first marriage.) Anyways, she took us all to court, had a lawyer she paid in sexual favors, and ended up fighting with my brother who eas the executor of the will. She ended up getting all of my Brother's inheritance through some really nasty court wranglings. At one point, she had ALL of the family's band accounts put on hold including business accounts for everyone in the family including my SIL and BIL. This stuff went on for YEARS! Needless to say, none of us have had any contact with her since and we all plan on keeping it that way.
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07-25-2006, 10:54 AM	#10
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	I'm not going to speak badly of people I love who might stumble upon my words. But I will say this about most of my mom's and dad's siblings: They make me furious because they are making no effort to understand my mom's illness. My mother's brothers talk behind her back about her being lazy. Yes, of course... because a woman with about 1/10 the amount of blood cells a normal person has, and whose steroid medication is slowly killing the rest of her body, is such a couch potato. My father's siblings just tell her she should try to walk and get out more often. At my parents' anniversary party, one of them said to mom (who was outside in her wheelchair for the first time in a year) that she could go outside like that every day. So I turned to her, and very calmly but very firmly said "Aunt Pat, do you see that big bruise running down her arm? That's not a bruise. That's internal bleeding." Still, they never ever get it.
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