Spend $2.5K Monthly, Brother's Family Says 'Get Out!' ← Truth Hits on Moving Day... LOL — Transcript

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1. 0:00You should give up your share of the
2. 0:01inheritance, since we'll be taking care
3. 0:03of mom and dad.
4. 0:05My brother said it to me in the house I
5. 0:07had been quietly keeping afloat for
6. 0:08years. He thought I was the family
7. 0:11burden. He had no idea who was really
8. 0:13paying for everything. Before I tell you
9. 0:15what I did, tell me in the comments
10. 0:16where you're watching from. I'm Delphine
11. 0:18Kerr, 25. In middle school, I got into
12. 0:21computers and my parents scolded me for
13. 0:23it. The only person who supported me was
14. 0:25my brother, Keith. I skipped high school
15. 0:27and worked from home. At 16, I bought
16. 0:29old computers to take apart and rebuild.
17. 0:32By 20, I was selling them. By 25, I was
18. 0:34running a decent business and
19. 0:36contributing $2,500 every month to my
20. 0:39parents' household. They never
21. 0:40understood my work.
22. 0:42As long as you support yourself, we
23. 0:44don't mind.
24. 0:46My brother changed. He turned harsh and
25. 0:48after he married his high school
26. 0:50girlfriend, she made it worse. She never
27. 0:52liked me. I became the troublemaker.
28. 0:55Soon they talked about kicking me out
29. 0:57and taking over the house. When I asked
30. 0:59if you were sure about me leaving, my
31. 1:01brother laughed. We'd be happy if you
32. 1:03left. They knocked on my door, convinced
33. 1:06mom to stop cooking for me, and told me
34. 1:07to do my own laundry. I decided to
35. 1:09leave, but not quietly. I set up a few
36. 1:12little traps on the family computers.
37. 1:14Then I wrote a farewell note. I've been
38. 1:16supporting the family and you've
39. 1:17forgotten all the good I've done. I hope
40. 1:19you realize who the real burden is. They
41. 1:22dismissed it as bitterness. My new place
42. 1:24was perfect. A few weeks later, my
43. 1:27mother called. Did you do something to
44. 1:28our machines? I used to help for free
45. 1:31because we're family. Since you kicked
46. 1:32me out, you'll pay the regular price.
47. 1:35That's pretty greedy. I had simply
48. 1:37restored every adjustment I'd made for
49. 1:39free back to the original settings. 6
50. 1:41months later, my father called. I hate
51. 1:43to ask, but can you lend me some money?
52. 1:45Your brother and his wife are spending
53. 1:47recklessly. They think we're rich. I
54. 1:49won't lend you anything. He called
55. 1:51multiple times a day. Then my brother
56. 1:54called, desperate. Do you know why our
57. 1:56family was wealthy? It was the $2,500 I
58. 1:59paid every month. Why would I support a
59. 2:01home that kicked me out? Please come
60. 2:03back. It's too late. Don't call me
61. 2:05again.
62. 2:07Five years later, I'm married to a man
63. 2:09in my line of work with four children
64. 2:11and a dog living in a spacious home. Out
65. 2:13of curiosity, my husband and I hired a
66. 2:15detective. My parents owed over $100,000
67. 2:18to lenders, and the house I grew up in
68. 2:20had been sold to repay debt. Now,
69. 2:22there's an empty lot. My brother's wife
70. 2:24was fighting his divorce, draining both
71. 2:27of them. Meanwhile, it turned out my
72. 2:29brother was infertile. The grandchild my
73. 2:31parents had been banking on would never
74. 2:32come. I changed my records so my
75. 2:34information is only available through
76. 2:36formal disclosure requests. I hope that
77. 2:39when things settle, there may be a time
78. 2:40for reconciliation, but not yet. If your
79. 2:43family had called you a burden while you
80. 2:45paid their bills, would you have left,
81. 2:47too?
82. 2:48Tell me in the comments.