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Old Jun 05, 2014, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by HazelGirl View Post
I need your honest opinions about something.

The backstory: I grew up in a very dysfunctional home. My parents divorced when I was four. My dad was emotionally and physically abusive throughout my childhood, and I have PTSD mostly as a result of his treatment. My younger brother was the golden child and I was the scapegoat. At my mom's house, my mom and younger brother are in a narcissist/co dependent relationship, with my younger brother as the narcissist. My dad taught him to devalue women, and like I was devalued, my younger brother devalues our mom. I have worked extremely hard for the past several years to get out, and I am out. I am totally self-sufficient, while my younger brother relies on our mom for everything. He's 20, has never had a job, and has had everything given to him on a silver platter because he begs and whines and demands until he gets his way. I chose to stop contacting my dad when I turned 18, and haven't spoken to him in 4 and a half years.

The situation: My dad contacted my brother today, and went on and on about how he doesn't have a lot of time left. He told my brother that he will inherit his very expensive motorcycle and I will inherit his cheap old truck. My younger brother then tried to insist that I give him the truck because he doesn't have a reliable car (he has purchased 3 cars with our mom's money...all have been junk), and I don't need it because I do have a car that works and is reliable (that I purchased with my own money). When I suggested he sell the motorcycle instead, he said he wouldn't do that. When I told him I wouldn't just give him the car, he got angry at me and tried to guilt trip me.

Am I in the wrong in insisting that I take the truck and sell it so I have some spare money, instead of giving it to him?
Your brother can take the motorcycle and sell it and get a good vehicle. That's the solution. You're totally not wrong to do this. Offer to sell it to him for the same price you'd get it for and he can have it but seems to me if he's needing a vehicle and is getting a motorcycle that it's only logical he sell the motorcycle. Or he can trade you for the truck, and you can sell the motorcycle! Don't even think about giving him that truck and don't budge.