Friends whose adult children take advantage of them?
By thedaddym
@thedaddym (1731)
United States
January 26, 2011 1:22pm CST
Do you have any close friends or family members whose adult children are taking advantage of them?
1 response
@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Jan 11
My sister in law and her loser husband are taking total advantage of my inlaws (her parents). My MIL and FIL are in deep doo-doo with their debt, yet they still give money to them whenever they ask for it. Every week they will receive a phone call from them saying they need money because XYZ and they are suckers for sob stories and will fall for it every time. My sister in law has 4 children too - and they are not little kids . . . the oldest is an adult - the youngest is a tween. The idiot husband is a liar, a scam artist, cheater, and he can't keep a job . . . and they've taken money from my inlaws as long as they've been married - like almost 30 years!!!! Ok, it's my parent inlaws own fault for giving in . . . but still, they are being taken advantage of - SIL and hubby knows they will never say no to them.
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@thedaddym (1731)
• United States
26 Jan 11
Has your wife ever talked to her parents about this? Perhaps it is time to say no. It gets very hard to live the older you get and her parents are getting older obviously and they really need to get out of their own deep doo doo so that when they are old they will be able to take care of themselves. Of course they have been enabling the SIL and BIL for so long it might be really hard to stop now. Very sad I can't stand people who take advantage of other people.
@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Jan 11
Actually this is my husband's sister (who is my sister in law). Oh man, my inlaws HAVE said no a zillion times. They tell them there is no money in the bank and this is the last check and blah blah blah . . . but they STILL end up giving them money. So of course my sister in law is going to continue pushing for more money - they know my inlaws are going to give in in the end (as pathetic as that is). The inlaws ARE older (well, MIL is late 70's, and FIL is early 80's and he's wilting fast). Yes, they are enablers and we have told them that again and again - but they can't stop themselves. Tsk tsk.
