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Siblings changing towards you after purchase

Joeisaware539
Joeisaware539 Posts: 97 Forumite
10 Posts Name Dropper
edited 19 March 2021 at 6:41PM in Mortgages & endowments
Purchased a much bigger house and now we’re finding my brother and my wife’s brother are starting to act differently towards us now.

has anybody else experienced this and why does it happen? We aren’t rubbing it in there faces at all or showy materialistic people. In fact people we know didn’t know our wealth before they come to our house etc. 

We work very hard and take many risks to have what we have. We own our own company. 

I hope I’ve posted in correct section, if not please kindly locate my post to the rightful area. :)
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  • dj1471
    dj1471 Posts: 1,969 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Home Insurance Hacker!
    Have you been skimping on the birthday & Christmas presents?
  • dimbo61
    dimbo61 Posts: 13,727 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    People can have big houses and big mortgages !
    If the company is doing well do you want to ask your brother or your wife's brother to come and join the company ?
    Get on with your life 
  • Joeisaware539
    Joeisaware539 Posts: 97 Forumite
    10 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 19 March 2021 at 7:48PM
    dj1471 said:
    Have you been skimping on the birthday & Christmas presents?
    No, they are struggling to get into ladder. This isn’t our fault however we feel they making us feel as if it is.
  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,708 Forumite
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    dj1471 said:
    Have you been skimping on the birthday & Christmas presents?
    Haha, could you imagine someone being grumpy with you because you bought a naff christmas pressie?

    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
  • dimbo61 said:
    People can have big houses and big mortgages !
    If the company is doing well do you want to ask your brother or your wife's brother to come and join the company ?
    Get on with your life 
    It’s just me and my wife doing it, there isn’t a position for them regretfully. 
  • dimbo61 said:
    People can have big houses and big mortgages !
    If the company is doing well do you want to ask your brother or your wife's brother to come and join the company ?
    Get on with your life 
    We mortgage free, we are having a lot of work done on the house to extend it. 
  • Edi81
    Edi81 Posts: 1,506 Forumite
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    Probably more for the families board but that’s jealousy for you. 
  • Edi81 said:
    Probably more for the families board but that’s jealousy for you. 
    We don’t never show off or boast so it’s a real shame. 
  • Grumpy_chap
    Grumpy_chap Posts: 18,722 Forumite
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    The OP has got a large house, mortgage free, and having substantial home improvements carried out.
    The OP's siblings are struggling to get on the housing ladder.
    That is a big difference in outcomes for people with same back-ground and, presumably, similar ages (though age gaps between siblings can be large for various reasons).

    Did the OP ever get any financial help towards things that the siblings did not receive? 
    Or the siblings think they were not treated similarly by the parents? - this is probably more relevant than whether the OP actually received an extra helping hand.
    This could be either directly financial contribution for house, or to set up the business? 
    Or in a less direct and less obvious way, such as support through schooling / education, or practical support so the OP got, say Grandparent's childcare, but siblings paying for private nursery?
  • Joeisaware539
    Joeisaware539 Posts: 97 Forumite
    10 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 19 March 2021 at 8:09PM
    The OP has got a large house, mortgage free, and having substantial home improvements carried out.
    The OP's siblings are struggling to get on the housing ladder.
    That is a big difference in outcomes for people with same back-ground and, presumably, similar ages (though age gaps between siblings can be large for various reasons).

    Did the OP ever get any financial help towards things that the siblings did not receive? 
    Or the siblings think they were not treated similarly by the parents? - this is probably more relevant than whether the OP actually received an extra helping hand.
    This could be either directly financial contribution for house, or to set up the business? 
    Or in a less direct and less obvious way, such as support through schooling / education, or practical support so the OP got, say Grandparent's childcare, but siblings paying for private nursery?
    When we set up 8 years ago, we got an investor on board we have since paid off and got our shares back. But I’ve been given no special treatment etc by family. 

    We aren’t special just grafters. In fact I’ve got 0 qualifications. Make up for it in grafting.
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