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Partner’s family helped his brother with a house, but not us—I'm struggling to reconcile this

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,845 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    Have you considered that the parents in law have probably willed their own house to your fiancé?

    To thine own self be true



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭Deregos.


    "Thou shalt not covet" is the tenth commandment, prohibiting the desire for what belongs to others. It's about controlling one's heart's desires and not allowing them to lead to sin. The commandment emphasizes the importance of contentment with what one has and not being driven by envy or greed.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,840 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,840 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997




  • Administrators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,234 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Big Bag of Chips


    @Flinty997, please read the Forum Charter. This is an advice forum. Replies are expected to be directed at the OP and offer advice.

    Many of your posts fall short of that guideline.

    All posters are reminded that Personal Issues and Relationship Issues are advice forums. Do not get in to over and back discussion with other posters. It just risks derailing the thread and the person who came looking for advice getting lost in the middle of somebody else's argument.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,037 ✭✭✭YellowLead


    I struggle to see why you are so invested in somebody else’s parents - they’re not yours - and what they do with their money. I can understand why your partner would be hurt, but I’m not sure why you are.

    My mother gave money to both my siblings to help them buy houses, but not me. She thought I was sorted because I was living with a partner who owned a house (she didn’t know I was trying to leave a violent relationship with a child and had to wait until I earned enough to get out and could have done with that help more than the others, because I didn’t share that with her). When I was a child both of my siblings got more materially than I did - in later years I realised it was because I always had lots of friends but they didn’t and were bullied and so I can now understand.
    Rightly or wrongly your partners parents might think he’s sorted because he has you and the brother needed help more now, and they might well even things out in the will.

    But none of that matters really - the reality is as many here have said, most people have to make their own way without help from parents. You guys over reached with this house and are now in difficulty - that’s not on your partners parents, it’s on you guys. From your perspective - I’d be considering how much you are giving to this relationship and how much you are getting. What is your partner doing to step up here to support you - apart from wanting to be a kept man? I’d focus on that, rather than the financial help his parents are giving their other son, which should not be of concern to you personally.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭anndub


    I'm a bit confused. for 400k you have a good voice of properties across multiple areas of Dublin. Why move 70km away? Is there something more missing here that also contributed to your in-laws not helping you out?



  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 8,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    Mod - Further posts removed.

    Reiterating - as per mod warning above and as per mod notes earlier on thread. All posters are reminded that PI and RI are advice forums.

    Do not get into over and back discussion with other posters. It risks derailing the thread and the person who came looking for advice, getting lost in the middle of someone else's argument.

    Read the charter before posting.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,210 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    OP, there is no way to solve this problem, or make peace with it fully.

    You have to live with it, and decide how you are going to live with it. Your PIL have made a very clear statement about their priorities, and consequently (for me) that would change DRAMATICALLY how I treat their needs in future. When conversations about care etc come up, this is going to be a significant factor.

    "We need to chip in for a carer."

    "Sorry we can't help, we have a mortgage burden."

    "Come on family helps family."

    "I understand, but can't help."

    My advice is simply to never forget this, and be upfront with your spouse that you need to be a team on how you deal with this in future.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,393 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    I'm still confused about a €400k house bought 2 years ago that's 20km from the nearest shop.

    It must be one hell of a house to make up for it being in the absolute middle of nowhere.

    Anyhow, regarding the issue at hand, you have no say in how your in-laws spend their money and it's none of your business. Focus on your own life and the positives - I presume you are both relatively healthy. You've had the good fortune to be born in a country with very high standards of living, it's safe and beautiful. You presumably live in a massive house. Compared to 98% of the world, you've won the lottery of life.

    I once read that if you work in a job and earn €50k and most of your colleagues are on €40k, you are much happier than if you worked the same job earning €60k but all your colleagues are on €70k.

    If you continually compare yourself negatively to others you will do nothing other than wallow in misery.



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  • Site Banned Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭Raichų


    not really sure what all this talk about abandoning the parents in their old age- seems a little over the top. Toys thrown out of the pram etc.



  • Site Banned Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭suvigirl


    Agree completely! I would never fall out with my mam or abandon her in old age because of how she chose to spend her money.

    Just seems like they don't care about their parents, just their money. OP, I wouldn't cut ties with your parents in law because of this.



  • Site Banned Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭Raichų


    Honestly! My question in all of this is whether they asked for help? For all anyone knows the other son was pestering or has some arrangement with them. Could be buy to rent back to him at a rate he can afford for example.

    Lots of conclusions been drawn here but with little background- I still am convinced they are the authors of their own misfortune.

    Moved 70km away from the family, bought a massive house they clearly don’t need (and are refusing to rent rooms from- mainly the partner not so much OP)


    I’m wondering if the parents feel a bit put out here as well to some extent. Moving that far away could come across as trying to get away from them. Maybe they bought the house for the other son so they’re not left alone!

    Lots of factors to consider. OP’s post regrettably reeks of “poor me”



  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 8,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    Mod - Drawing a line at this point as some posters - despite repeated reminders - are still getting into back and forth with each other, rather than focusing on giving advice.

    OP, I hope that it has been helpful to you.
    Thanks all who took time to actually give advice.



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