So my brother in law came to visit

Slam62 said:
No contact for at least 20 years, he turns up out of the blue, just says ‘I thought I should be friends with’my wife ’’ Anyway, so yeah fine good to see you mate, how are things, what’s going on

So I think the bloke came to visit after 20 years out of the blue to test the waters for some cash.

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So he came to you saying he should be friends with his wife? My advice would be to tell him married couples don’t need to be best friends but they should at least enjoy each others company.

Am I doing it right?
 
No contact for at least 20 years,
he turns up out of the blue,
just says ‘I thought I should be friends with’my wife ’’
Anyway, so yeah fine good to see you mate,
how are things, what’s going on

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Where's @[FnG]magnolia ? Need you to finish the song
 
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I will re-write it for OP.

"My Brother-in-law, whom we have not kept in contact with much for a long time, suddenly started trying to be more of a brother to my wife (his sister) all of the sudden because we inherited a flat in London a few years ago and I have a feeling he is trying on to get some money out of us."
 
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Raymond Lin said:
I will re-write it for OP.

"My Brother-in-law, whom we have not kept in contact with much for a long time, suddenly started trying to be more of a brother to my wife (his sister) all of the sudden because we inherited a flat in London a few years ago and I have a feeling he is trying on to get some money out of us."
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What, all three of you inherited the flat? :D
 
Raymond Lin said:
I will re-write it for OP.

"My Brother-in-law, whom we have not kept in contact with much for a long time, suddenly started trying to be more of a brother to my wife (his sister) all of the sudden because we inherited a flat in London a few years ago and I have a feeling he is trying on to get some money out of us."
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In which case my advice would be don’t give him any. Or if he believes he is entitled to some inheritance, seek actual legal advice, not some ****** from the internet.
 
Dang, Missed the OP. Now its been edited........ Can't believe no one quoted the original... That happens in pretty much every other thread.....
 
mattyg said:
Dang, Missed the OP. Now its been edited........ Can't believe no one quoted the original... That happens in pretty much every other thread.....
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He started out with "not seen brother in law in 20 years", and this brother in law wants to be friends with his wife. Yes i know, it's a weird phrase to use...friends with his own sister, what he meant was he should reconnect with his sister who he hasn't been in contact with for a while"

Went on detail about how they met a bloke a few years ago after his own or his wife's parents' passed away. He opened up to the bloke about something"

Then there is "the guy" who wants money from him.

The constant change in the way he labels this "brother in law" is confusing from beginning to end. The fact that he mention 20 years no contact in the start made it like the random bloke he opened up to in the middle of the post originally sounded like he just met some other bloke on the street and opened up his feelings to this random bloke. And decided to tell us about this encounter. Both the timeline (no contact for 20 years, and change in label from brother in law to "The bloke", made it sound like it was 2 different people. So we all wonder what has this chance encounter about him opening up his feelings to this random bloke has anything to do with the whole story.

And then the post ended with "The guy", sounds like yet another bloke on the scene who wanted to get money from him and his wife.

It read like there were 3 separate people OP is talking about.
 
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Slam62 said:
No contact for at least 20 years, he turns up out of the blue, just says ‘I thought I should be friends with’my wife ’’ Anyway, so yeah fine good to see you mate, how are things, what’s going on

So I think the bloke came to visit after 20 years out of the blue to test the waters for some cash.

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*insert disclaimer about it being dotty, not starry and a cossie not a bra*
 
dymetrie said:
Swing and a miss there, buddy.
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My wife is my wife, she is his sister, he has a wife of his own and two grown up daughters, he now has a grandchild, mother and child were apparently going to live in a shed in the garden.
They recently moved about 30 miles away from their home town where they previously lived since marrying, this is where both his parents, his other sister and her parents if they are still around live.

We got on ok 20 years ago and then couldn’t be arsed anymore.

He turns up wanting to be all brotherly and starts talking about all the expense he has going on and various troubles.

Pays one more visit for more of the same, then nothing for a few months.

I think he got wind that we inherited some stuff. I think he was hanging around his parents who are getting on hoping for some dosh and currying favour etc, but that has turned into a fruitless endeavour so we are now next on the list, or were, presumably his wife’s parents aren’t that well endowed either.
 
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