china mom
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- Feb 15, 2010
Two separate topics crossed through my brain at the same time and the collision resulted in this question:
How much money falling into your lap would you consider "life changing"?
So, one of the things that got me started on this is that I am trying to settle my mother's estate and it is taking so long that one brother has died and now I am working on his estate too. My two surviving brothers just can't or won't get their act together. I had a lawyer send them two forms to sign and he included a postage paid return envelope. All they had to do is sign and drop it in a mailbox. I have been begging them to get this done and they have been "getting around to it" for weeks.
Both are destitute. One moved his wife and kids into the MIL's after losing his house to foreclosure and the other is always on facebook begging for rides or financial help.
They are each due to inherit somewhere between $150-200K from mom's estate. For someone who is broke, that amount is life changing. I can't understand why they are not eager for it.
The other thought that rolled into my head was why do many people only play the lottery when the jackpot is in the mega millions. I would think that $1M would be pretty life changing for a lot of people.
How much money falling into your lap would you consider "life changing"?
So, one of the things that got me started on this is that I am trying to settle my mother's estate and it is taking so long that one brother has died and now I am working on his estate too. My two surviving brothers just can't or won't get their act together. I had a lawyer send them two forms to sign and he included a postage paid return envelope. All they had to do is sign and drop it in a mailbox. I have been begging them to get this done and they have been "getting around to it" for weeks.
Both are destitute. One moved his wife and kids into the MIL's after losing his house to foreclosure and the other is always on facebook begging for rides or financial help.
They are each due to inherit somewhere between $150-200K from mom's estate. For someone who is broke, that amount is life changing. I can't understand why they are not eager for it.
The other thought that rolled into my head was why do many people only play the lottery when the jackpot is in the mega millions. I would think that $1M would be pretty life changing for a lot of people.