Do you have any scumbags in your family?

[SAWYER]

If so, how does your family deal with them? On my wife's side she has some cousins who are complete dirtballs and steal and take advantage of their grandma, none of the family seems to want to deal with it. I have confronted them an they avoid me but when it comes down to it the grandma protects them.

 

[Tim]

Don't have a scumbag, and they aren't my family yet, but my future wifes brother is the biggest loser I've ever met.

 

[Ika]

My uncle on my dad's side is kind of like that, he's 50 years old and still relies on his parents - he's a dirtball, but maybe not a scumbag.... Problem is, they still want to give him their house when they die, because "he needs it more than [we] do". damn commies.

 

[irishScott]

My dad. Too much to get into, suffice to say the only reason there's no physical abuse in my family is because he knows damn well what I'll do to him if he tries it again.

 

[kranky]

There are a couple who aren't my favorites, but nobody who stoops to stealing.

One in particular just cries to her dad that they need money for this, money for that. Their 3 teenage kids wanted to go to Europe, they talked her dad into deciding to go to Europe, then convinced him that their kids should go along too "for the experience", then decided that she should go along to help watch the kids. Her dad paid for it all.

She's always looking for ways for her dad to do something with one of her kids so her dad will pay for it. Got her dad to buy an ATV, a car, etc., always saying she can't afford it. Meanwhile, she's got more money than any of her siblings, has a better job than any of the others, she's just good at hiding that she has anything. A typical Christmas gift from her is something that cost $2 at Walmart (not exaggerating).

Once at a family gathering she was asking her dad if he was going to set aside anything for "his grandchildren" so they could go to college. She meant HER kids, not any of the others. The others wouldn't come right out and beg him for money.

 

[BurnItDwn]

My younger brother was a full blown scumbag for a while, he's been recovering. I think he finally learned his lesson when he got a DUI last year. My dad went through a phase, about 20 years or so, of being a scumbag. Ehhh, right now though.

Then there's an issue with one of my uncles.

Got an uncle who has a nice house, makes a solid income in a director position of like 50 people. He's Uncle A

Got an uncle who's not doing well financially. He's Uncle B.

My grandparents bought a summer home in 1984. Uncle A put some money into the house at the time. 10 years later, my grandparents moved there full time. My grandfather retired. They bought Uncle A out of his share of the house (he used it to buy a new car.) But, they couldn't get him off the Deed due to Uncle A's nagging wife. So he will have 100% ownership when my grandmother passes away, even though he has profited off of his share of the house.

My grandma's health isn't so great, and she's suffering from congestive heart failure.
Uncle B lost his job, lost his house (forclosure), got divorced (wife cheated on him a bunch of times and wanted to marry some other guy who had more money.)
Uncle B moved in to take care of grandma. He got a job. He's not making enough to survive on his own since he's got 3 kids, and he pays as much as he can to support them. He moved in to my grandma's house, helps to take care of her, looks out for her, does landscaping/yardwork, etc... Since he's moved back there, she's been happier, and seems to be doing a lot better.

Well ... When grandma passes away, Uncle A is going to kick out Uncle B and throw him to the street.

I've offered to let Uncle B stay in my spare bedroom, but it's about a 4 hour drive from where he works... and he's finally starting to make some positive traction there...

It's just fvcked up

 

[zinfamous]

more white trash than scumbag....but we've got a decent helping of that.

 

[ultimatebob]

No scumbags, but I do have a family member who's bit of a skank.... She has two kids from two different Puerto Rican scumbags who no longer talk to her.

You would have thought that she would have learned her lesson from scumbag #1... oh well.

 

[Malak]

I don't think scumbag is the right term for any of them, but we continue to love them and hope they make better decisions. A couple of them remind me of the Trailer Park Boys.

 

[eldorado99]

Not too bad actually, most of my family is pretty straight-up.

 

[Key West]

My family has no scumbags. They are all pretty decent beings.

 

[Wyndru]

My 26 year old sister in law. DWI's, abortions, arrested for tons of drug related offenses, dating dirtbags, you name it, she's done it. Whenever she hangs out with us at bars we always get kicked out or in a fight.

Crazy thing is she is beautiful and extremely smart, has an associates degree (finally) and a good job, she is just a scumbag that won't grow up, and when she parties, she parties.

 

[BoomerD]

Do you have any scumbags in your family?

Yes

If so, how does your family deal with them?

the family disowned me.

 

[zinfamous]

Not too bad actually, most of my family is pretty straight-up.

well, that sounds really boring.

are you able to tolerate the Holidays without alcohol? D:

 

[shortylickens]

You mean beside me?