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Jeanne Phillips

Matriarch uses inheritance to keep her family in line

DEAR ABBY: For the last 12 years, we have been traveling 7½ hours to see my husband’s grandparents. This happens several times a year. Each time I pray it will be the last visit. Invariably, when we return home, I am sick for about a week, and it’s getting worse. At 96, Grandma isn’t cleaning the house (Grandpa died four years ago). She lives on her own in the country. Grandma has fallen, can’t cook for herself and still drives. The closest family member lives seven hours away. Grandma has always been a manipulator, and I’m tired of how she ...

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