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Millionaire Dad Appoints Younger Daughter As His Will Executor Before Passing Away, She Decides To Have Fun With The Relatives She Dislikes
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24th of May 1977, I was 19, just starting out as a Chef having dropped out of a prestigious University in Oxford and, more importantly, had, in the previous 6 months, really started to get along with my 17yo Brother - we'd really not done so in the past, including when we were both at the same boarding school due to Dad being in the military. He had been over to see me and my girlfriend on the 23rd and we had all had a really good day together. I get to work at 6pm on the 24th and was met by the manager who tells me that I need to get changed out of my chef whites and go to the local hospital as my brother had had an accident, he didn't explain further. Got to the hospital quite quickly, got taken by a policeman and a nurse into a side room to be told that my brother had died on his way to hospital from massive internal injuries following a motorbike accident. I then had to identify his body, he was still warm ..... I couldn't contact my Mum as she'd gone out to an early evening party with friends and the babysitter who was looking after my two other younger brothers didn't have a phone number or address and Dad was on a military exercise somewhere in North Africa ; when Mum got home, she was greeted by two policemen and was driven to the hospital to see my brother's body and be comforted by me ..... Dad didn't find out for another 3 days that his second son had died. Did it affect me, yes, and still does. Did I have counselling ? It was the UK in the '70's, what do you think ? A few of the ways it has affected me is that when the wheels fell off my particular bus, I did many, many stupid, dangerous things, drank far too much, drugs by the bucketload, was financially reckless, couldn't settle in one place and would flit from relationship to relationship, oh, and I never thought I'd make it to 30 years old, so here I am at 60+ thinking how the F did I get here !!! Still not retired due to my nihilistic view of life since I was 19, hey ho, life's a funny old thing eh ?Hey Pandas, Share A Moment When You Realized Someone Was A Great Friend
I'm lucky to have a few friends who've gone above and beyond over the years. I'll just pick one couple, Helen and Steve, who'm I've known for 34 years. He can be short-tempered and impatient (except with animals) but adores his wife, family and friends. She is patient and warm. In 2019, my Mum could no longer cope living alone - deaf, nearly blind, and with dementia. My brothers and I finally settled that Mum would move to my town and I'd move in with her. I wanted to buy a house with cash and move myself and Mum in, then sell the old house. Mum's savings were about £95k, and I could add £10k as a loan, since it would be paid back when we sold the old house, which was worth £250k. Searching for the right place, with the cash we had, was tricky. Steve and Helen then offered to loan me £10k of their own money to put towards the new house. I found somewhere, and when it came to my move, various friends pitched in to help me pack and move. I have MS and suffer from fatigue, so can't do much physical stuff. A month after I moved in, I was ready for my brother G to drive Mum up to my town - a drive of 4-5 hours with breaks. He made excuses that he was too busy this month, and wanted to put it off for 5-6 weeks. Mum was falling regularly, and needed to move ASAP. So Steve stepped up and offered to drive. He came to Mum's house and stayed overnight in a hotel I'd booked. He helped organise stuff for the furniture removal and then drove me and Mum back to my town. Helen and other friends were at the new house to welcome the removal men and supervise the furniture unloading, as the van would arrive before we did. Mum arrived safely and settled in her new home. This was Feb 2020. If we'd waited for my brother to get around to it, lockdown would have happened, and our vulnerable mother would have probably been in hospital before long, either with covid of from another fall. She turned 90 back in Feb.This Panda hasn't followed anyone yet
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