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How families handle inherited financial obligations

My father died and my siblings and I discovered he'd been financially supporting our uncle for years without telling us, and now Uncle Dave expects it to continue but we can't afford it and we don't know how to tell him. We're all avoiding family gatherings because we know this conversation is waiting for us.

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