My sister and I have held power of attorney for my brother, who lives six hours away.
When you work hard and make a good life for yourself, some people will feel like they deserve to be helped by you. What would ...
An 85-year-old woman, Margo, wrote to us for advice after finally buying her own apartment, but her family pressured her to lend money to her unemployed brother. Struggling with guilt and boundaries, ...
Dear Eric: I have always been close with my only siblings, my twin sister (67) and our brother (72). But sis and bro have had many issues over the past few years and bro chooses to distance himself ...
DEAR ANNIE: I have a brother-in-law that I need help with but don’t know where to turn. He’s a hoarder. The house he lives in belonged to his parents, but it is now full of junk and he does nothing to ...
Dear Annie: My brother has a chronic mental illness. For all his life up until two years ago, he lived in the same city as my long-divorced parents, and there he received support from them as well as ...