When our mom died, she left me everything. My sister was cut out completely. She called me crying, begging me to split it because “family is family.”
At first, I was ready to give her half. Then, two weeks later, she slipped up in a fight and admitted something: she already got her share years ago. Mom gave her a huge sum privately when she bailed her out of debt. That money? She blew it in less than six months.
So basically, Mom didn’t “forget” my sister. She just didn’t trust her again. And now, my sister is trying to make me feel guilty, pretending she was left with nothing.
I feel like the villain if I don’t help her—but I can’t shake the thought: if I give her this too, won’t I just be repeating Mom’s mistake?
