Whenever my mom asked my brother is he and his family were coming for Christmas, he would always say "I don't know. We don't have money for any Christmas." I told him so what? You still gotta eat, come for Christmas. My parents were starting to feel sorry for him and were going to offer him money so that he could get Christmas for his family.
Yesterday he brought his daughter G down to spend the night with grandma/pawpaw. Today G ups and tells them that her parents got themselves Christmas last week. A DVD set that was $80, got her 2 hamsters (with 2 cages) and several CD's.R tells us they have no money. But in reality they have already spent money on Christmas. They bought Christmas after telling me and my parents that there would be no Christmas.
Why did he feel a need to lie? To get mom and dad to cough up some money? Well, it wouldn't be the first time. He has confessed that in the past they would spend money that should go on a bill on something else, because 
"mom and dad will pay it for us." Yes, he admitted that he and his wife had sat down and agreed to spend the rent money on something fun, because the parents would help them out in a jam.I know that there have been a few occasions that I have asked the parents for money. But not because I didn't pay my bills! I have always paid my bills then spent too much money on something and need some gas money or whatever. But with R....
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