I had a friend in college who lived in a large house and drove a really good automobile. His parents died when he was in high school, and he received a lot of money. I watched people tell him he was lucky, and he would always respectfully respond that you shouldn't say that to someone after their parents have died.
I know it's not the same but years back I got really ill and I had to retire at the age of 35 , alot of people told me I was lucky and I just wanted to punch them in the face .
The thing I like best about OP is she said, "I GET to take care of Aunt and make certain she is taken care of." That lets us know she is precisely the right one to do so.
Yeah instead of I HAVE to its it’s I GET to ❤❤ which I love because so many people look at taking care of loved ones as a burden rather than a privilege that they are still around for you to be able to take care of and cherish while you can ❤
Right?!? It is SO important that caretakers understand the unique privilege and trust they're being awarded ❤ my Grandpa died of colon cancer and I couldn't imagine my mom, her siblings or her cousins EVER behaving the way Karen was. They were too busy spending every available moment at his side. We still exchange Christmas gifts with his hospice team.
I always giggle and shriek happily whenever Charlotte pushes away from her desk in her rolly chair. Only to see her fly across the screen shrieking or spinning in a circle (while still shrieking) We love our petty potato queen! 😍❤️🔥
When my mother died 35+ years ago, the only thing that my 2 brothers and I all wanted (I'm not saying 'argued' because we didn't) was her recipe file. We took care of that issue by taking turns shipping it to each other after copying whatever recipes we wanted. Having watched many friends and relatives have to deal with sibling fights over inheritances/money, I'm grateful not to have been subjected to that. That first story is the perfect revenge/petty/absolutely savage protection of someone who needs help story!
A death in the family really shows you your family’s true colors. When both of my grandmothers passed away I watched both sides fighting over everything and who deserved it most. I stayed out of it. I only received the things that were left specially for me. Mostly handmade quilts. That I cherish ❤ My mother tried to make me take antique furniture home just because she didn’t want her sister or her kids to get it. I declined. It’s a sad thing to watch your family fall apart over possessions.
I LOVE that you guys got her recipes!❤ and that that meant the most to all of you! My husbands mom died in 2016 before we met. This Christmas his sister gifted me their mom's vintage wooden recipe box and all her original recipes!! 😭😭It was the best gift ever! And there's even a recipe tucked under the lid of the box that was their grandma Rhoda's~ she's also passed. They are all in their handwriting and I will treasure them until it's my time to go ❤❤❤
I have been a live in caregiver for a vet for 7 years. Not one time did any family come around. He died day after Christmas. Now his family coming around wanting everything after death. I’m devastated. I just wanted him laid to rest
@@dinasilva9263 hi bestie!!! Everything is always great. I’m so grateful for everything. Hopefully you are doing amazingly well, also! Thank you so much my friend!
That first story helps me really appreciate my siblings. My mother passed a few months ago at 91, and for the last several years had dementia and Alzheimer's. She didn't live close to me so I couldn't visit more than a couple times a year, but I would phone her every week, even when it got to the point where she never answered. My little brother lived close by and got power of attorney, and my older sister got medical power of attorney and they took good care of her. My Dad had passed about 10 years before her, and he was quite financially successful. He left all his money for the care of his wife, and it lasted her to the end with her never wanting for anything. Each of us kids got a small amount (the last of Dad's money equally divided up between us) and some keepsakes. No drama, the way it should be.
Same here, 8 siblings all in professional careers doing well. Mom went first 2007, After years of Alzheimer’s assisted living, then dad went into assisted living no Alzheimer’s he passed 2014. One of my younger brothers was executor (a lot of work) and everything distributed 8 ways no muss no fuss. The executor got title to dad’s Lincoln continental but no one objected one iota because he did all the estate work and did it well. It was mostly stocks, bonds, and Ira’s with each getting about $130000. Not one contrarian comment from any of the 8 siblings. You are here to make your own way, any serendipity you get is just that (serendipity), don’t look the gift horse in the mouth.
Same here mom passed in November, All 5 siblings were with her as much as we could. My brother is executor, I did all his work , organized all the notifications and divided up some money before Christmas. No questions ,or fighting. We are still a family. That is how it should be.
@@TellYourDogISaidAwn sorry to hear that, but remember what Charlotte always says the best revenge is life worth lived invest all the love you wasted on them into your self honey 🥰
You’re being tested better things are on its way! This is coming from someone who was out of a job for nearly a year, you’ll get a better job role with better pay and a partner more aligned with who you are becoming. Doesn’t feel like that now but trust the process
As a long termed/surge nurse, I have found that the family members who cry the loudest , beat their chest and over all cause a scene are the ones who have not helped or taken care. of their loved ones 😢
I've witnessed a family do this, cheated the sibling who took care of the mother, they did nothing, but they illegally got most of the inheritance. Plus they stole things before the parent even died. The victim refused to go to court .🤷
The opposite in our family. The sibling who spent a quarter century taking care of their elderly parents (mom was a quadriplegic) cried the most. The sibling that had been extorting money from them by threatening to never let them see their grandkids again stood there and told everyone he felt nothing. But typical may be the biggest show is performative.
@@raimeyewens7518My ex witnessed possibly THE best long game petty revenge carried out by a neglected older relative when he worked in a care home. There was an old widow there who was wealthy, very wealthy. She had several kids and grandkids by the score, but no one ever visited her... that is until they got word from the home that the lady was on her way out and they should come say their goodbyes while they still could. And boy did they come! When she left this mortal coil she was surrounded by suddenly concerned relatives. They were even more concerned when they saw her will. She was worth MILLIONS...and she left every last penny...to a cat charity! They tried to fight the will in court, claiming because of her dementia she couldn't possibly have been of sound mind when she changed it. Unlucky for them, her lawyer was able to prove she did it far longer ago than they imagined, which meant it happened while her mind was still solid as a rock 😏😂
"Every family has their trolls." Something my mom always told me. When her parents passed (they were no contact), she had to travel from FL to PA to take care of the estate. When she got there (took her 2 days to get there!), her cousins ransacked the house and took literally anything slightly valuable. My grandparents were jerks, but they didnt deserve how they were treated like a bank at the end
I enjoy these videos with Charlotte telling the stories. So articulate and none of those annoying put a finger down, or putting on make up videos. Can't stand when others say like every other word. We love you Charlotte
My dad and I both have a dark sense of humor, so we often make jokes about me doing him in for his life insurance (and vice versa). However, in reality, I am not expecting anything once he passes and we have a GREAT relationship. And I am not mad about it, especially since I would trade any amount of money to keep my dad around as long as possible. So people who feel entitled to anything after a parent passes, especially if they are jerks to them, are just so wild.
I can relate to story one. My girlfriend and her brother lost their father in April of 2022 after a twelve year long battle with multiple myeloma cancer. I knew the man well and had huge respect for him and although I knew this was likely going to be the outcome, it was still sad. My girlfriend was beside herself absolutely devastated. Her brother on the other hand is a different story. He was in the hospital a few days prior to his death due to complications but was expected to come home. Which was another reason why my girlfriend was so devastated. That morning, I went to the hospital with my girlfriend where her mother already was and her brother and sister-in-law met us there. We spent most of the day in a waiting room while he was in surgery hoping that he would get through what came up. Before he was dead that evening, her brother was talking to her mother about his inheritance. Yeah, their father wasn’t even dead yet and he was talking about what he feels he should get in the will. After he was dead, and the funeral had happened, he asked when he should expect his inheritance. I knew how it was going to go because I knew that he won’t get anything until the mother is also dead. I was there the day she said that to him. The day he found out he was getting nothing until his mom was also dead was a day I swore I might have to call the police. He went that crazy about it. He exploded with rage. Not anger, those eyes contained pure rage. Fortunately he left on his own thanks to my girlfriend and his wife stepping in. Though we didn’t see him again for several months. Edit: not that this is significant at all, but both my girlfriend and her brother are adopted. Their mother had endometriosis along with a couple of other conditions that confirmed that pregnancy and childbirth would’ve likely killed her. My girlfriend and her brother are not blood related at all. Their parents adopted her when she was only 3 months old in November of 1991. They adopted her brother when he was about the same age in January or February of 1997. I mention this because while my girlfriend is in her low 30’s and her brother in his high 20’s, their parents were in their late 60’s when he died and their mother turned 70 last November. Their father was a police officer for 38 years until he was forced into retirement due to the cancer and the treatments he would have to undergo. There were many complications and scares just in the time I had known him in his last 3 years of his life. This information may not be necessary but here it is anyway.
@ no. At least not that I know of. His wife came from a wealthy family. And he has always been one of those who feels that he’s owed everything just for existing. I don’t believe that he was in financial trouble as much as he just wanted things. But he did basically make it clear that many of his father’s things had monetary value implying he had intention of selling them.
My first husband's grandma, that raised him and his brother, died suddenly. The grandfather was still alive and was sitting at the kitchen table grieving having lost his wife just hours before, while my husband's sisters, that were not raised by the grandparents, dug through the grandma's jewelry and drawers just taking things they wanted. I felt so bad for the grandfather, but i hadn't been around the family much so I didn't say anything. My FIL and his wife were making plans to move into the house to take care of "dad" and my ex husband was too angry and surprisingly, didn't say anything until we went home. His anger wasn't at his sisters for looting the grandma's things. His anger was that his dad was planning to move into the house because "Grandma said when she died, I'd get the house and now because grandpa outlived her, my dad is going to take it." I was shocked. His dad and his wife not only moved in, they used the life insurance money to remodel the house how they wanted it and since they both worked, they really weren't taking care of the grandfather, who would get lost for hours trying to get back from the grocery store a few blocks away from his home. When my parents died a few years apart, no one even asked for anything besides a few keepsakes that weren't worth much, but were special to us in some way. My sister was executor and had to ask us if we wanted things and she split everything equally between us 4 siblings just as my parents had in their will. We even told her to keep the money from the bank accounts for herself because she had to do the work of settling everything. We'd all would have preferred my parents live longer than getting an inheritance. I don't understand why or how families can fight over things and money. It's sad when i see families do that.
I have no expectation of my parents leaving me anything and I DO have a good relationship with them. I want them to live as long as possible because I love them and spending time with them. If they leave me something after they pass, that is generous. However, I treasure memories and time spent with them more than anything!
It’s cold where I’m at too today (well for me 😅 I’m in Florida and it’s in the 40s right now I think and super windy) and im snuggled up in bed with my fluffy socks on next to my fur babies and eating Twix while watching Charlotte ❤
I’m in Texas, it was a 24 degrees this morning and felt like 17, it’s 32 degrees now feels like 27 degrees, hopefully it doesn’t get too cold where you are! Good day
Oh buddy, I feel ya. I'm in Kansas. We got 11 inches, and I haven't tried to leave the house since Friday (although it's about time to go dig out my car). Good luck!
Yeah, I'm in south Arkansas. Our watch starts tomorrow with snow mostly to start Thursday. Walmart is already empty, lol! So I'm just staying home and watching Charlotte.
When one of my aunts who I was very close to passed, her son’s wife showed up wanted her part of the inheritance. She was greatly disappointed to find out everything went to her still living husband. Because he still had to live. It was left to him and their daughter to deal with the funeral and everything. Both of them having hearing problems and my poor uncle just couldn’t handle it. Sadly I had some experience in setting up funerals, even more now. So I helped set everything up, made phone calls and all of that. Years later when the son died, guess who was not there to help, his wife. Instead his sister, his daughter and myself had to deal with everything once again. She was even late to his funeral, because she got everything and didn’t need to show up. Lucky his life insurance which his parents paid for, went to his dad and was used to pay for his funeral and last expenses. Sadly too many people only show up when there is something in it for them.
This first Petty Potato Princess is AWESOME!!! What a great niece. God bless her for taking control with her aunt and doing it in the shadows Dobre-style!!
Lost my husband unexpectedly in September of 2023 ...his whole family dropped me like a hot potato (Potato Queen 👑) and a lot of co actors , people in our world did the same ... I never ever expected it and looking at pictures of happier times still makes me feel sad
I’m so sorry for your loss and the additional pain of feeling abandoned by his family. It’s heartbreaking to face so many layers of grief at once. You are not alone. You have all of us. 🫶
17:01 I’m recently disabled for the last two years and I can’t work in a public setting anymore, so now every year for Christmas I get gifts alluding to mental health help or work out/interview apparel and or as I got this year, a parenting book whose slogan was “how to love your children effectively” from my in-laws to which the entire room goes silent as the social cue goes over my head and I default to having to find the positive in gifts that so clearly point out my supposed flaws in their eyes, so I completely understand petty and passive aggressive bs gifts from family and in-laws.
Please have an honest and frank conversation with these people... No disability (physical or mental) requires being insulted and patronised by others. Do it one on one as they won't have a third party to tell you you're being 'too sensitive' , or they were just trying to 'help'. You need good people around you, not people who leave you feeling like crap. That book from your inlaws - FFS NO! Make a time to talk to your MIL as I can't see a grown man buying it for their DIL, I'm assuming she bought it. It's an absolute arsehole 'gift', definitely meant to undermine and insult you. Don't let them mistake your politeness for weakness. You've got this! And if necessary, show them this comment. Take care from Australia. 🇦🇺🥰
@ much love! Thank you so much for this! It’s actually my brother in law, my fiancés oldest brother tries to micro manage everyone who lives in our house under the excuse he’s “trying to help” when he has no realm of experience in anything he’s actively judging. Meaning the parenting of our children, my disabilities, his mother’s weight loss journey, my ability to keep house for the eight people who live here. Like I try my hardest but I walk with a cane and at the moment I’m heavily pregnant and high risk so every little thing hurts. My fiancés other family members aren’t innocent by any stretch but they do the same exact same thing to him and he surmises that it just carried over to me as well. To the point that with my disability cropping up I started taking the full brunt of it. Thankfully he’s started getting past his trauma with them to stand up for me more so it’s been easier but you’re right. It’s had me deeply depressed on top of recovering from PPD for years. I only recently started getting my bearings back to stand again and while they aren’t malicious types I know that they need to be accountable for how they’ve been treating us. So thank you so much for all this, I really appreciate it!
I have worked at a cemetery with a funeral home on property for the past 10 years and my Mom has been doing the same for more than 30 years. She got me a job with her company after I lost my husband who was 4 to cancer. And let me tell you I have suggested to my Mom that we write a book. Because the things we have seen and heard about how family treats each other when someone passes is CRAZY and sad!!
Charlotte - i’m ashamed to say I hadn’t known about your channel before the holiday break, but I discovered you around Christmas and have been bingeing your videos while I had some downtime. I even started sharing them with my husband and he’s been watching some with me. You’re awesome! 🤍
@ - Thank you sooo much! I’m having SO much fun here! “THE AUDACITY” of people in these stories! “HOW ARE THEY NOT EMBARRASSED???” 😆 I have so much secondhand embarrassment for these clueless, narcissistic, entitled people. I literally cannot relate as I am a definite people pleaser as well and just want everyone to be happy and comfortable. I’m a lot better than I used to be, but I could still use some more work!!! 🤗🤍
I adore the last one!!!! I am overweight and currently working on myself; my dad once said over the phone when I told him I had finished my work out that he loved me either way as if I was doing it for anyone but myself. (for context I live with my mom and he and my mom are divorced, I was 12 or 13 at the time and had been living with my mom since I was 8) As Charlotte would say, "It is NONE of your business!"
I worked for 20 years for an insurance and annuity company in the death claims department, you have no idea how horrible people are. It was my job and absolute delight to call out the vultures.
The fact people immediately look for money when a family member passes is disgusting! Even with a good relationship, there should never be an expectation of monetary gain from someone dying.
My grandfather's second wife and her grown daughter stood over him like vultures in the hospital when he was dying. He had a full-time nurse and his wife told her to not come back and then left him alone all day on his back so that he got pneumonia. After he died the wife was only allowed to live in the house. When she had to go to a nursing home The sheriff had to pull her daughter out of the house. She was screaming and yelling that it was her house and they couldn't take it away from her. They were both so greedy and selfish
I thrive in spite behavior! One example is when I was in my 20's and friends with a guy who I'd call on his shit. He didn't like this, of course, and told me I was only being a bitch because I was fat. So this was the catalyst that made me lose a 100 pounds! Unfortunately I never saw him again but just the thought that if I ran into I could say "I'm skinny and you're still wrong" kept me motivated for life!!! 😂😂😂
The beauty of my parents and brother passing broke was, no fighting over who got what. Nobody was greedy. When we were told our mom was given 3m-1y to live, my brother and I took 15 minutes to agree that I'd hold onto her "stuff", and if he ever wanted to use anything, he simply had to let me know (not ask, just inform). For several years before my brother passed, he'd secretly been "accidentally" leaving important items at my house. 😂 I was his only next of kin, so it was all mine regardless, but the items he felt more important that I have, he made sure I already had. Nothing to fight over. And since each loss was already difficult enough to deal with, this made them so much easier to handle. Any mention of "what we'd get" was in jest alone. Because we'd give it all away to have our family alive, well, and together again.
The last story!!! 🙌🏼 I was always a “chunky” kid. I was relentlessly picked on as a child as I was chunky, with glasses, long frizzy hair and a huge gap between my two front teeth. Let’s just say puberty did me a solid, I grew to 5’9 lost all my chub (in all the right places) my wisdom teeth came and perfectly closed my tooth gap and I learned the art of moussing my natural curls. I basically walked in freshman year like a new student and all my bullies wanted to be my friend (to which I turned them all down). It secretly felt amazing to see my bullies get a little chubby throughout the years while I maintain a healthy figure. Moral of the story is to just not be an A-hole and body shame 👏
My uncle and his kids kidnapped my grandparents before they passed, and manipulated them into thinking the rest of the family was trying to take their stuff and evict them out of their house. The uncle bought cars and houses and my grandparents died alone in nursing homes. We didn’t even get to say goodbye. The worst part is, when I would tell people about it, they said the same thing happened to them. It’s really common.
i think all these petty stories should win the academy awards. also i love the hairdo you have today charlotte and i hope all you petty potatoes have a great day.
Something similar happened in my family. My grandfather moved in with my family and we all took care of him. My uncle was always “too busy” and used to steal his money and food. The day my grandfather died he was at the house going through his stuff. Took things my grandfather promised to us. Uncle took anything that looked like a valuable antique because he was a “seller” (hoarder lol). My parents changed the lock real fast. Then I found out that my uncle had a child because despite never meeting her she was written in the will.
Love you Charlotte. I want you to know your videos make my day a little bit better. Also all the work you’re putting in at the gym to look great for your wedding is paying off and I don’t know if you changed your skincare or are just happy but girl you are glowing! Can’t wait to see your wedding photos when you post them!
Hey charlotte, today was a shocking day for me and my family. Your videos may be the only thing getting me through my first moment alone since things occurred. I can’t be alone right now and your voice has become such a source of comfort for me over the years. At this moment these videos are keeping me together. I just wanted to thank you for being a source of laughter and comfort.
@ honestly i think i went back to watch Mike and the egg bit 20 times because i needed to laugh and that man talking about a dozen children so that one egg equals one child
The way I screamed out loud 🗣️ “Shut the F up Charlotte!!!no you’re not!!!” When you called yourself names😂it sounded like I was trying to chase off a bear 🐻 lol Girlie you are beautiful AF! Inside and out! Don’t you forget it!
The 1st vid. I know very well about "buzzards". They tried to control everything I was doing, wanting to just take things that my late husband and I had built together in a nearly 2 decade marriage. Other than a couple of people. I was very alone at that moment in time. Nowadays, I am remarried to my childhood friend.
The first stroy reminds me of the Dead of my Grandma. When she died all my uncles cleard the house directly after the furnaral. My mom got there later and was shocked how the house looked. luckly she could get all the photos because my uncles didnt want them
Relatives do circle when they smell death. Mom died in October, and dad was diagnosed with cancer. He went through cemo , and only a few relatives showed up. Well, before we left for the funeral, one asked me about my grandpa's truck and the other about my one of my dad's guns. He is still alive! Luckily, he has a trust, so it will be a bit easier. He had a scan, and they didn't see any cancer. I guess they will have to wait.
I'm a nurse, been in Healthcare over a decade. And the tea would hurt your tongues!! After the shit day I have had.. You're a bad ass Charlotte. Thank you so much for giving me someone else's tea to forget my own. You genuinely help people be OK out here and are so very appreciated ❤
That first story makes me queasy. Personally, even the idea of getting an inheritance makes me uneasy because I don't like the idea of someone I love dying causing me to profit. By the way, love the hair. It looks like you're on your villain arc. 🤣
The last story made me happy. I gained alot of weight and literally lost 44lbs in 8 DAYS B3CAUSE WE WEIGHT GAIN WAS A HEALTH ISSUR AND I WAS AND STILL AM RETAINING TONS OF FLUID. But even if it's not because your sick leave ppl alone. I had no clue why I kept getting bigger and bigger. And most ppl there is an underlying medical problem. Again even if not just leave ppl alone
My mum went on a SKI (Spend Kids Inheritance) Holiday before she passed with our blessing ❤. She worked bloody hard her whole life, and it was her money. Nobody is entitled to anything
I am surprised that the brother didn't do anything in the first story. But maybe the death of his dad was a wake-up call for him and he really changed.
I also watch while crocheting! Love me some crafty potatoes :) And i appreciate when the poster starts "pardon my inferior English as it is my 14th language. Apologies for any errors I might make" as they proceed to write better than 90% of American high school graduates lol
First story…. I don’t understand why anyone thinks they’d get a dime from a MARRIED parent who passes because um…. It’s all equally the Spouse’s! If/when one of my parents goes 100% SHOULD go to the other parent! Our house was OURS… equally! So why do others think they’d get the house still fully owned by Mom! I don’t get it!
Charlotte, you are amazing. You have helped me through some really dark times with just the sound of your voice. You've brought laughter to my home when it was nothing but silence and have kept me company when I'm lonely. Thank you so much. ❤
15:00 had a similar issue happen with my team, but luckily the guy (Daryl) who was cutting corners left for another job before it blew up. Daryl would do stuff like log hrs that he didn't work, be on his phone forever to elongate simple tasks, and throw stuff on the shelf without counting or seeing if anything was damaged while checking in equipment and doing inventory. This last part surprised me because his friend (Albert) who worked with us along with another team member didn't check things in properly and lost a bunch of expensive equipment because of it. Albert and the other team member got caught and were both fired, yet Daryl kept on doing the same thing!! This all made me very anxious but I still didn't want to call out Daryl because we were a really small team and he was really talented at the main part of our job and was the main guy training me but was horrible at all the "boring" stuff. But now he works freelance so any mistakes he makes will just fall on him. Now I filled in Daryl's position and am training a new guy who is very dedicated and reliable. It's so much less stressful/aggravating 💚
The importance of legal documents, especially a will! My uncle put in his will that anyone who contested or tried to get more of their share would be cut out completely. I don't anticipate anything like that in my immediate family, but honestly, I think that should be in everyone's will.
When my father passed away my half sister called me to ask what he left her behind I told her Debt a lot of Debt she hung up haven’t heard from her in 11 years 😂🤷🏾♀️The nerve she didn’t bother to show up to the funeral what a joke.
When my grandmother died 2-3 years ago, she didn't have a will but my relatives didn't fight when it came to my grandmother’s gold jewelry. She had a few pieces and only two of them were labeled to be given to me and my sister. No one fought for it, just asked who wanted what and then my cousin was able to find a text saying which piece went to which person, making it easier. Whatever little money she had was split evenly between my mom and her two brothers. No fuss and no drama.
You know it's a good one when you are so busy listening that you realise you haven't changed colours on the blanket you are crocheting... oh dear.. 8 rows to frog and redo .. totally worth it tho!!! Love you Charlotte ❤
As a person that processes life insurance and death benefits for my job...... children CAN be entitled to benefits if there is no designation or Will. It varies in the US from state to state and company to company. I am glad they were able to get POA for the aunt AND adjust for OP to be the executor of the estate, since POA ends at death and estates are a totally different entity.
I really loved this video as always! ***ATTENTION*** To those who apologize because for English NOT being their main language!! DON'T say SORRY, you speak and read TWO languages!! I and I think a lot are jealous! I am also binjing watching your video's and croching a baby blanket that I want to enter it in our local show, which I did once and got 2nd in both categories! So, I hope to do better IF I get this and the skull shawl done by Mid June!
This is why my grandparents made sure to get everything in order before they passed. My grandparents owned some farm land and had 6 kids. They got a lawyer and set everything up with inheritance, living wills, etc. so when they passed it was a very smooth process with no hiccups. It's a great way to prevent any fighting and to insure things go the way they want it to.
Whenever I see a fellow petty potato in another comment section or a live there's sometimes gotta be the exchange of "Move in the Shadows!!!" *Pterodactyl screech* 😂
LOVED the last one! My egg donor had me on prescription diet pills at 12, shamed me throughout secondary school for my weight. I’m 55 now and have weighed 40-43kg since 26 years old. I’ve done nothing different except stopped drinking soda, I was pregnant with our first. I never started drinking it again as coffee, chaos and water was my fuel for the next 20+ years! When I was low contact with Satan’s bride, she started gaining weight and commenting that I must have an eating disorder! 🤣 Right! It’s called not sitting on my arse because I’m being a mum, slag. Needless to say, we’re no contact and it’s been lovely. We raised our daughters to never go on diets as it’s just another word for eating, numbers on a scale are just numbers, if the doctor says something then listen and do what is necessary to be healthy. None had any issues and we never comment on their size or shape, just that they look stunning in that outfit or when necessary ask them how THEY feel when they ask how they look. If they say, ‘Fabulous’, we agree! We did have to tell them to shower a bit more often when in secondary school but that’s it. Whew, teenagers stink! Yes, even the girls 🤭😘
I happen to have a buzzard in my family too. My uncle. He’s living in severe debt (which has taken him and his wife to court) but he is also living a lavish life, buying new cars, going on expensive holidays, going out for dinner etc. all while spending my grandfather’s money. My uncle is keeping face to his friends, making them think he’s wealthy, but the reality is that he can’t afford to divorce his wife and is living off of my grandfather’s pension.
I’m my mother’s caregiver and my middle sister only comes around when it suits her need; to exclude me from family gatherings. She’s a toxic narcissist and I can’t begin to tell you all the crazy things she’s done. (too disturbing) I’ve told my mother that she will try to take me to court when passes but she refuses to think she will. We’ve covered all our bases legally and saved every receipt with my mother’s signature. My parents Will and Power of Attorney is binding and there’s nothing she can do but try to waste money in the courts. She’s a vulture waiting to strike.
A few months ago my husband's grandmother was in the hospital and there were real fears that those were her last moments. Turns out she was on a toxic amount of medication to treat a major illness. Over christmas I noticed the majority of her teaset collection she keeps over her kitchen cabinets were gone. Turns out while she was in the hospital some of her grandchildren came in her house and took what they thought would be worth money. Its disgusting and I don't know how these people face themselves in the mirror.
My parents bought a lake house from a guy with a similar story after he passed. His kids left him, they did not even come to his wife (their mother’s) funeral. A couple of years later his health declined. The kids started to coming around again to get the house after he passed. He did not will the house to them and gave his money to charities and other noble causes.
I probably should not have watched this at work. As soon as you said, "the buzzards circling eh"....I laughed so loud and I got so many looks from my coworkers. Thankfully, I am in the break room 😂!
This is exactly what I was thinking! This is what happened when my grandpa died. My cousins (who haven’t talked to my grandparents in years or cared for them.) were calling my dad asking about the will. My dad was like “that’s non of your business and my mom is still alive!!!” Insane!
I think you're right, but in Germany, for example, the wife or widow only gets 50% and the children are entitled to 25%, the other 25% is then divided fairly. That's why it's actually extremely bad if you don't have a will where you explain how you want your inheritance to be divided.
Get the police involved & press charges!! They will do something again and if it’s not on record, and they do something again, it’s “just a story”. And that won’t help you. Get it on record and documented. I’ve been down this road too. Good luck!! ❤
I've always been heavy too. When I was a teenager, I was heavier than the other girls but was by no means overweight. While most girls my age were about 115 to 120, wearing size 4 to 8, I was 130 and a size 10. But I wasn't fat. That did not stop my mother from fat shaming me. For my 16th birthday I told her I wanted french bread pizza and a chocolate cake. Now I'm a picky eater and she knew I didn't like tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, or mushrooms. But she bought a jar of pasta sauce that contained all of those things for the pizza sauce. When I complained, she said she forgot and to be grateful I'm getting what I wanted and to just eat it anyway. I didn't. And for the cake, she decided while she was at Costco to buy a full sheet cake. Now Costco's cakes are huge. Not only very thick for a 2 layer cake but ginormous in size. A full sheet cake could easily feed 30 to 40 people, maybe even more. But there was less than a dozen people at my party. It also was a yellow cake, with an ugly shade of peach colored frosting, and not chocolate. When I asked her why she didn't get a chocolate cake, she said it was on clearance cause someone had cancelled their order and I should be grateful she bought me a cake at all. To compensate for such a huge cake and a small number of people, she cut huge square slices for everyone, think 4 to 5 inches on both sides. And then made the comment that everyone better eat up theirs or I'll eat it all instead. Everyone laughed. I was so humiliated. And when I started to cry, she poked fun at me for that too. I spent the rest of the party in my room crying. And later got chewed out for being a ungrateful b|tch and hiding in my room.
I had a friend in college who lived in a large house and drove a really good automobile. His parents died when he was in high school, and he received a lot of money. I watched people tell him he was lucky, and he would always respectfully respond that you shouldn't say that to someone after their parents have died.
I know it's not the same but years back I got really ill and I had to retire at the age of 35 , alot of people told me I was lucky and I just wanted to punch them in the face .
The thing I like best about OP is she said, "I GET to take care of Aunt and make certain she is taken care of."
That lets us know she is precisely the right one to do so.
Yeah instead of I HAVE to its it’s I GET to ❤❤ which I love because so many people look at taking care of loved ones as a burden rather than a privilege that they are still around for you to be able to take care of and cherish while you can ❤
Right?!? It is SO important that caretakers understand the unique privilege and trust they're being awarded ❤ my Grandpa died of colon cancer and I couldn't imagine my mom, her siblings or her cousins EVER behaving the way Karen was. They were too busy spending every available moment at his side. We still exchange Christmas gifts with his hospice team.
I think either way would be fine because she GETS to take care of someone she loves, but HAS to protect her from the cousins.
@@moustachmallow559 i would phrase this the same way, she GETS to defend her
“How dare you steal the car, Ron Weasley!!” 😂😂 ohh Charlotte, you so get me lmao
I absolutely loved that
😅😂❤
She did that so perfectly! 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
She gets me to im a huge fan
I always giggle and shriek happily whenever Charlotte pushes away from her desk in her rolly chair.
Only to see her fly across the screen shrieking or spinning in a circle (while still shrieking)
We love our petty potato queen! 😍❤️🔥
That's her editor, LOVE her.
@@StrangeFacinations definitely love her! 👏❤️🔥✨️
When my mother died 35+ years ago, the only thing that my 2 brothers and I all wanted (I'm not saying 'argued' because we didn't) was her recipe file. We took care of that issue by taking turns shipping it to each other after copying whatever recipes we wanted. Having watched many friends and relatives have to deal with sibling fights over inheritances/money, I'm grateful not to have been subjected to that. That first story is the perfect revenge/petty/absolutely savage protection of someone who needs help story!
A death in the family really shows you your family’s true colors. When both of my grandmothers passed away I watched both sides fighting over everything and who deserved it most. I stayed out of it. I only received the things that were left specially for me. Mostly handmade quilts. That I cherish ❤ My mother tried to make me take antique furniture home just because she didn’t want her sister or her kids to get it. I declined. It’s a sad thing to watch your family fall apart over possessions.
I LOVE that you guys got her recipes!❤ and that that meant the most to all of you!
My husbands mom died in 2016 before we met. This Christmas his sister gifted me their mom's vintage wooden recipe box and all her original recipes!! 😭😭It was the best gift ever! And there's even a recipe tucked under the lid of the box that was their grandma Rhoda's~ she's also passed. They are all in their handwriting and I will treasure them until it's my time to go ❤❤❤
you could have turned it into a book and shared it (also with eventual grandchildren etc).
I have been a live in caregiver for a vet for 7 years. Not one time did any family come around. He died day after Christmas. Now his family coming around wanting everything after death. I’m devastated. I just wanted him laid to rest
That makes me so angry and sad. 🫶🏻
😢😢😢😢 you were his real family!
I'm so sorry 🫂
Take comfort in the fact you do the most for your patients and it’s more than many people will do for family or friends ♥️
I had a hospice patient leave everything she had to me. It was a few rings and 400 left over from her burial, and her family never showed.
This first story is a queen. I love her so much for stepping up and slapping them down where they belong.
So true. Oh and i hope everything is good with you. 🤗
Too many lives end up that way it’s so sad 😢
@@dinasilva9263 hi bestie!!! Everything is always great. I’m so grateful for everything. Hopefully you are doing amazingly well, also! Thank you so much my friend!
@@erikarussell1142 i have a new job, something i really wanted, so 2025 already is starting well 😅
🤗 good to know you are doing well.
@ heartbreaking
That first story helps me really appreciate my siblings. My mother passed a few months ago at 91, and for the last several years had dementia and Alzheimer's. She didn't live close to me so I couldn't visit more than a couple times a year, but I would phone her every week, even when it got to the point where she never answered. My little brother lived close by and got power of attorney, and my older sister got medical power of attorney and they took good care of her. My Dad had passed about 10 years before her, and he was quite financially successful. He left all his money for the care of his wife, and it lasted her to the end with her never wanting for anything. Each of us kids got a small amount (the last of Dad's money equally divided up between us) and some keepsakes. No drama, the way it should be.
Same here, 8 siblings all in professional careers doing well. Mom went first 2007, After years of Alzheimer’s assisted living, then dad went into assisted living no Alzheimer’s he passed 2014. One of my younger brothers was executor (a lot of work) and everything distributed 8 ways no muss no fuss. The executor got title to dad’s Lincoln continental but no one objected one iota because he did all the estate work and did it well. It was mostly stocks, bonds, and Ira’s with each getting about $130000. Not one contrarian comment from any of the 8 siblings. You are here to make your own way, any serendipity you get is just that (serendipity), don’t look the gift horse in the mouth.
Same here mom passed in November, All 5 siblings were with her as much as we could. My brother is executor, I did all his work , organized all the notifications and divided up some money before Christmas. No questions ,or fighting. We are still a family. That is how it should be.
17:22 CHARLOTTE! WE DO NOT SPEAK DOWN ABOUT OURSELVES! YOU ARE AN FABULOUS, FLAWLESS, GORGEOUS WOMAN
I agree 💯 ❤
She's GORGEOUS!!!!!
This!!
Absolutely!!!!
What ALL THESE PEOPLE SAID!!! Charlotte, you are beautiful!
Just got broken up with and lost my job in 24 hours. Thank you Charlotte for helping me think about something else. I love you potato queen.
@@TellYourDogISaidAwn sorry to hear that, but remember what Charlotte always says the best revenge is life worth lived invest all the love you wasted on them into your self honey 🥰
Wow that's terrible im so sorry
You’re being tested better things are on its way! This is coming from someone who was out of a job for nearly a year, you’ll get a better job role with better pay and a partner more aligned with who you are becoming. Doesn’t feel like that now but trust the process
one-two punch, eh? sending you good thoughts. sorry to hear.
Love and prayers for you. Please look to the future and not the past. You'll heal much quicker. ❤
As a long termed/surge nurse, I have found that the family members who cry the loudest , beat their chest and over all cause a scene are the ones who have not helped or taken care. of their loved ones 😢
I noticed that with my family too. The ones that rarely visited or helped out were the ones that expected the most.
I've witnessed a family do this, cheated the sibling who took care of the mother, they did nothing, but they illegally got most of the inheritance. Plus they stole things before the parent even died. The victim refused to go to court .🤷
This happened at my granddad's funeral last month. All I could do was look at them perform.
The opposite in our family. The sibling who spent a quarter century taking care of their elderly parents (mom was a quadriplegic) cried the most. The sibling that had been extorting money from them by threatening to never let them see their grandkids again stood there and told everyone he felt nothing.
But typical may be the biggest show is performative.
@@raimeyewens7518My ex witnessed possibly THE best long game petty revenge carried out by a neglected older relative when he worked in a care home.
There was an old widow there who was wealthy, very wealthy.
She had several kids and grandkids by the score, but no one ever visited her... that is until they got word from the home that the lady was on her way out and they should come say their goodbyes while they still could.
And boy did they come!
When she left this mortal coil she was surrounded by suddenly concerned relatives.
They were even more concerned when they saw her will.
She was worth MILLIONS...and she left every last penny...to a cat charity!
They tried to fight the will in court, claiming because of her dementia she couldn't possibly have been of sound mind when she changed it.
Unlucky for them, her lawyer was able to prove she did it far longer ago than they imagined, which meant it happened while her mind was still solid as a rock 😏😂
"Every family has their trolls." Something my mom always told me. When her parents passed (they were no contact), she had to travel from FL to PA to take care of the estate. When she got there (took her 2 days to get there!), her cousins ransacked the house and took literally anything slightly valuable. My grandparents were jerks, but they didnt deserve how they were treated like a bank at the end
I enjoy these videos with Charlotte telling the stories. So articulate and none of those annoying put a finger down, or putting on make up videos. Can't stand when others say like every other word. We love you Charlotte
Agreed
Definitely!
Way better then her react videos, where she needs to explain what was sad in each video😂😂😂
Yes!!! Thank you!!! We can be annoyed with her on those stupid “Put a Finger Down” videos!!!
💯 agree
Yes! I listen to her all day at work and prefer these. Makes my day fly by!
The cherry earrings are so cute and they fit our Queen PERFECTLY!!
Keep looking gorgeous, Charlotte!!! ❤❤❤
Yeeees!
I’ve been eyeing cherry earrings for years and finally, being so inspired, just got some on etsy!
My dad and I both have a dark sense of humor, so we often make jokes about me doing him in for his life insurance (and vice versa). However, in reality, I am not expecting anything once he passes and we have a GREAT relationship. And I am not mad about it, especially since I would trade any amount of money to keep my dad around as long as possible. So people who feel entitled to anything after a parent passes, especially if they are jerks to them, are just so wild.
I can relate to story one. My girlfriend and her brother lost their father in April of 2022 after a twelve year long battle with multiple myeloma cancer. I knew the man well and had huge respect for him and although I knew this was likely going to be the outcome, it was still sad. My girlfriend was beside herself absolutely devastated. Her brother on the other hand is a different story. He was in the hospital a few days prior to his death due to complications but was expected to come home. Which was another reason why my girlfriend was so devastated. That morning, I went to the hospital with my girlfriend where her mother already was and her brother and sister-in-law met us there. We spent most of the day in a waiting room while he was in surgery hoping that he would get through what came up. Before he was dead that evening, her brother was talking to her mother about his inheritance. Yeah, their father wasn’t even dead yet and he was talking about what he feels he should get in the will. After he was dead, and the funeral had happened, he asked when he should expect his inheritance. I knew how it was going to go because I knew that he won’t get anything until the mother is also dead. I was there the day she said that to him. The day he found out he was getting nothing until his mom was also dead was a day I swore I might have to call the police. He went that crazy about it. He exploded with rage. Not anger, those eyes contained pure rage. Fortunately he left on his own thanks to my girlfriend and his wife stepping in. Though we didn’t see him again for several months.
Edit: not that this is significant at all, but both my girlfriend and her brother are adopted. Their mother had endometriosis along with a couple of other conditions that confirmed that pregnancy and childbirth would’ve likely killed her. My girlfriend and her brother are not blood related at all. Their parents adopted her when she was only 3 months old in November of 1991. They adopted her brother when he was about the same age in January or February of 1997. I mention this because while my girlfriend is in her low 30’s and her brother in his high 20’s, their parents were in their late 60’s when he died and their mother turned 70 last November. Their father was a police officer for 38 years until he was forced into retirement due to the cancer and the treatments he would have to undergo. There were many complications and scares just in the time I had known him in his last 3 years of his life. This information may not be necessary but here it is anyway.
Was the brother deep in debt, and was really counting on a windfall right then and there?
@ no. At least not that I know of. His wife came from a wealthy family. And he has always been one of those who feels that he’s owed everything just for existing. I don’t believe that he was in financial trouble as much as he just wanted things. But he did basically make it clear that many of his father’s things had monetary value implying he had intention of selling them.
@@jasonlock884 Damn...
@@scailliet yeah. The dudes a real piece of work!
My first husband's grandma, that raised him and his brother, died suddenly. The grandfather was still alive and was sitting at the kitchen table grieving having lost his wife just hours before, while my husband's sisters, that were not raised by the grandparents, dug through the grandma's jewelry and drawers just taking things they wanted. I felt so bad for the grandfather, but i hadn't been around the family much so I didn't say anything. My FIL and his wife were making plans to move into the house to take care of "dad" and my ex husband was too angry and surprisingly, didn't say anything until we went home. His anger wasn't at his sisters for looting the grandma's things. His anger was that his dad was planning to move into the house because "Grandma said when she died, I'd get the house and now because grandpa outlived her, my dad is going to take it." I was shocked. His dad and his wife not only moved in, they used the life insurance money to remodel the house how they wanted it and since they both worked, they really weren't taking care of the grandfather, who would get lost for hours trying to get back from the grocery store a few blocks away from his home. When my parents died a few years apart, no one even asked for anything besides a few keepsakes that weren't worth much, but were special to us in some way. My sister was executor and had to ask us if we wanted things and she split everything equally between us 4 siblings just as my parents had in their will. We even told her to keep the money from the bank accounts for herself because she had to do the work of settling everything. We'd all would have preferred my parents live longer than getting an inheritance. I don't understand why or how families can fight over things and money. It's sad when i see families do that.
I have no expectation of my parents leaving me anything and I DO have a good relationship with them. I want them to live as long as possible because I love them and spending time with them. If they leave me something after they pass, that is generous. However, I treasure memories and time spent with them more than anything!
This is the way.
This is the way.@@sportzriter13
Exactly! I can't fanthom people with any more than a horrible relationships with their parents preferring money over their psrents being alive.
In a winter storm watch, drinking cold water, eating pretzels, and cozied up in my room, I’m going to watch my daily dose of Charlotte now :)
It’s cold where I’m at too today (well for me 😅 I’m in Florida and it’s in the 40s right now I think and super windy) and im snuggled up in bed with my fluffy socks on next to my fur babies and eating Twix while watching Charlotte ❤
I’m in Texas, it was a 24 degrees this morning and felt like 17, it’s 32 degrees now feels like 27 degrees, hopefully it doesn’t get too cold where you are! Good day
Oh buddy, I feel ya. I'm in Kansas. We got 11 inches, and I haven't tried to leave the house since Friday (although it's about time to go dig out my car). Good luck!
Yeah, I'm in south Arkansas. Our watch starts tomorrow with snow mostly to start Thursday. Walmart is already empty, lol! So I'm just staying home and watching Charlotte.
Girl same, it's snow storming here and is going to be 19 tonight
When one of my aunts who I was very close to passed, her son’s wife showed up wanted her part of the inheritance. She was greatly disappointed to find out everything went to her still living husband. Because he still had to live. It was left to him and their daughter to deal with the funeral and everything. Both of them having hearing problems and my poor uncle just couldn’t handle it. Sadly I had some experience in setting up funerals, even more now. So I helped set everything up, made phone calls and all of that. Years later when the son died, guess who was not there to help, his wife. Instead his sister, his daughter and myself had to deal with everything once again. She was even late to his funeral, because she got everything and didn’t need to show up. Lucky his life insurance which his parents paid for, went to his dad and was used to pay for his funeral and last expenses. Sadly too many people only show up when there is something in it for them.
This first Petty Potato Princess is AWESOME!!! What a great niece. God bless her for taking control with her aunt and doing it in the shadows Dobre-style!!
Oooooo
Dobra-style
Saved n my keyboard dictionary right now.
Love it. Thank u for that.
Petty potato princess.. i love it!!!
Lost my husband unexpectedly in September of 2023 ...his whole family dropped me like a hot potato (Potato Queen 👑) and a lot of co actors , people in our world did the same ... I never ever expected it and looking at pictures of happier times still makes me feel sad
I'm so sorry for your loss
@BrianAndresScott 🙏
I'm so unbelievably sorry for your loss ❤❤
I’m so sorry for your loss and the additional pain of feeling abandoned by his family. It’s heartbreaking to face so many layers of grief at once. You are not alone. You have all of us. 🫶
I hope you find friends and family that make an intentional effort to be in your life. Sending prayers your way.
17:01 I’m recently disabled for the last two years and I can’t work in a public setting anymore, so now every year for Christmas I get gifts alluding to mental health help or work out/interview apparel and or as I got this year, a parenting book whose slogan was “how to love your children effectively” from my in-laws to which the entire room goes silent as the social cue goes over my head and I default to having to find the positive in gifts that so clearly point out my supposed flaws in their eyes, so I completely understand petty and passive aggressive bs gifts from family and in-laws.
You are loved 💖💖
Please have an honest and frank conversation with these people... No disability (physical or mental) requires being insulted and patronised by others. Do it one on one as they won't have a third party to tell you you're being 'too sensitive' , or they were just trying to 'help'. You need good people around you, not people who leave you feeling like crap.
That book from your inlaws - FFS NO! Make a time to talk to your MIL as I can't see a grown man buying it for their DIL, I'm assuming she bought it. It's an absolute arsehole 'gift', definitely meant to undermine and insult you.
Don't let them mistake your politeness for weakness.
You've got this!
And if necessary, show them this comment.
Take care from Australia. 🇦🇺🥰
@ much love! Thank you so much for this! It’s actually my brother in law, my fiancés oldest brother tries to micro manage everyone who lives in our house under the excuse he’s “trying to help” when he has no realm of experience in anything he’s actively judging. Meaning the parenting of our children, my disabilities, his mother’s weight loss journey, my ability to keep house for the eight people who live here. Like I try my hardest but I walk with a cane and at the moment I’m heavily pregnant and high risk so every little thing hurts. My fiancés other family members aren’t innocent by any stretch but they do the same exact same thing to him and he surmises that it just carried over to me as well. To the point that with my disability cropping up I started taking the full brunt of it. Thankfully he’s started getting past his trauma with them to stand up for me more so it’s been easier but you’re right. It’s had me deeply depressed on top of recovering from PPD for years. I only recently started getting my bearings back to stand again and while they aren’t malicious types I know that they need to be accountable for how they’ve been treating us. So thank you so much for all this, I really appreciate it!
Min 0:33 - teleNOVA 😂 Just had Char playing in the background and this made me laugh
me too and i had to stop and check
I have worked at a cemetery with a funeral home on property for the past 10 years and my Mom has been doing the same for more than 30 years. She got me a job with her company after I lost my husband who was 4 to cancer. And let me tell you I have suggested to my Mom that we write a book. Because the things we have seen and heard about how family treats each other when someone passes is CRAZY and sad!!
Charlotte - i’m ashamed to say I hadn’t known about your channel before the holiday break, but I discovered you around Christmas and have been bingeing your videos while I had some downtime. I even started sharing them with my husband and he’s been watching some with me. You’re awesome! 🤍
@@2amomma welcome to the petty potato army. We’re so happy to have you.
@ - Thank you sooo much! I’m having SO much fun here! “THE AUDACITY” of people in these stories! “HOW ARE THEY NOT EMBARRASSED???” 😆
I have so much secondhand embarrassment for these clueless, narcissistic, entitled people. I literally cannot relate as I am a definite people pleaser as well and just want everyone to be happy and comfortable. I’m a lot better than I used to be, but I could still use some more work!!! 🤗🤍
All that matters is you're here now. Welcome!!🎉
@@siobhantomilson4364 - Thank you SO MUCH for the kind welcome! 🙏🏻 🥰
❤
I adore the last one!!!! I am overweight and currently working on myself; my dad once said over the phone when I told him I had finished my work out that he loved me either way as if I was doing it for anyone but myself. (for context I live with my mom and he and my mom are divorced, I was 12 or 13 at the time and had been living with my mom since I was 8) As Charlotte would say, "It is NONE of your business!"
Respect. I have nothing but respect for this amount of pettiness. 👏 👏 👏
I worked for 20 years for an insurance and annuity company in the death claims department, you have no idea how horrible people are. It was my job and absolute delight to call out the vultures.
I would absolutely relish in this.
The fact people immediately look for money when a family member passes is disgusting! Even with a good relationship, there should never be an expectation of monetary gain from someone dying.
My grandfather's second wife and her grown daughter stood over him like vultures in the hospital when he was dying. He had a full-time nurse and his wife told her to not come back and then left him alone all day on his back so that he got pneumonia. After he died the wife was only allowed to live in the house. When she had to go to a nursing home The sheriff had to pull her daughter out of the house. She was screaming and yelling that it was her house and they couldn't take it away from her. They were both so greedy and selfish
I thrive in spite behavior! One example is when I was in my 20's and friends with a guy who I'd call on his shit. He didn't like this, of course, and told me I was only being a bitch because I was fat. So this was the catalyst that made me lose a 100 pounds! Unfortunately I never saw him again but just the thought that if I ran into I could say "I'm skinny and you're still wrong" kept me motivated for life!!! 😂😂😂
😂 love it!!
15:42 this person is called a whistleblower
Yes. And I love them ❤🎉 I love all whistleblowers specially if they are from the secret service of the US heh
The beauty of my parents and brother passing broke was, no fighting over who got what. Nobody was greedy. When we were told our mom was given 3m-1y to live, my brother and I took 15 minutes to agree that I'd hold onto her "stuff", and if he ever wanted to use anything, he simply had to let me know (not ask, just inform). For several years before my brother passed, he'd secretly been "accidentally" leaving important items at my house. 😂 I was his only next of kin, so it was all mine regardless, but the items he felt more important that I have, he made sure I already had. Nothing to fight over. And since each loss was already difficult enough to deal with, this made them so much easier to handle. Any mention of "what we'd get" was in jest alone. Because we'd give it all away to have our family alive, well, and together again.
See, you guys did it right. That's such a beautiful way to go about it. No amount of 'stuff' is the same as having that person back.
We love the long story with details😂❤❤❤
Yesses
The last story!!! 🙌🏼
I was always a “chunky” kid. I was relentlessly picked on as a child as I was chunky, with glasses, long frizzy hair and a huge gap between my two front teeth.
Let’s just say puberty did me a solid, I grew to 5’9 lost all my chub (in all the right places) my wisdom teeth came and perfectly closed my tooth gap and I learned the art of moussing my natural curls.
I basically walked in freshman year like a new student and all my bullies wanted to be my friend (to which I turned them all down). It secretly felt amazing to see my bullies get a little chubby throughout the years while I maintain a healthy figure.
Moral of the story is to just not be an A-hole and body shame 👏
3:39 “we must always move in the shadows” pettypotatoes 5:8
My uncle and his kids kidnapped my grandparents before they passed, and manipulated them into thinking the rest of the family was trying to take their stuff and evict them out of their house.
The uncle bought cars and houses and my grandparents died alone in nursing homes. We didn’t even get to say goodbye.
The worst part is, when I would tell people about it, they said the same thing happened to them. It’s really common.
Lets settle in petty potatoes!
i think all these petty stories should win the academy awards. also i love the hairdo you have today charlotte and i hope all you petty potatoes have a great day.
@@jeremydavidson1420 have a very petty new year,charlotte will be such a beautiful bride she’s a classic Beauty and all round fabulous lady
Something similar happened in my family. My grandfather moved in with my family and we all took care of him. My uncle was always “too busy” and used to steal his money and food. The day my grandfather died he was at the house going through his stuff. Took things my grandfather promised to us. Uncle took anything that looked like a valuable antique because he was a “seller” (hoarder lol). My parents changed the lock real fast. Then I found out that my uncle had a child because despite never meeting her she was written in the will.
Love you Charlotte. I want you to know your videos make my day a little bit better. Also all the work you’re putting in at the gym to look great for your wedding is paying off and I don’t know if you changed your skincare or are just happy but girl you are glowing! Can’t wait to see your wedding photos when you post them!
Just sit down to my lunch. This is perfect!!🥰🥰
Same 😂
Me 3!
Me also! 🎉
Same! Pizza Hut 😋
Me toooo!
Hey charlotte, today was a shocking day for me and my family. Your videos may be the only thing getting me through my first moment alone since things occurred. I can’t be alone right now and your voice has become such a source of comfort for me over the years. At this moment these videos are keeping me together. I just wanted to thank you for being a source of laughter and comfort.
Sending hugs! Charlotte is a ray of sunshine and laughter, which helps when things are tough.
@ honestly i think i went back to watch Mike and the egg bit 20 times because i needed to laugh and that man talking about a dozen children so that one egg equals one child
I loved this version of moving in the shadows!
The way I screamed out loud 🗣️ “Shut the F up Charlotte!!!no you’re not!!!” When you called yourself names😂it sounded like I was trying to chase off a bear 🐻 lol Girlie you are beautiful AF! Inside and out! Don’t you forget it!
The 1st vid. I know very well about "buzzards". They tried to control everything I was doing, wanting to just take things that my late husband and I had built together in a nearly 2 decade marriage. Other than a couple of people. I was very alone at that moment in time. Nowadays, I am remarried to my childhood friend.
The first stroy reminds me of the Dead of my Grandma. When she died all my uncles cleard the house directly after the furnaral. My mom got there later and was shocked how the house looked. luckly she could get all the photos because my uncles didnt want them
"Telenova" cracked me up, that's my new stage name. 😂
That first story really made me sad. Thank the Lord it had a great ending. ❤
Relatives do circle when they smell death. Mom died in October, and dad was diagnosed with cancer. He went through cemo , and only a few relatives showed up. Well, before we left for the funeral, one asked me about my grandpa's truck and the other about my one of my dad's guns. He is still alive! Luckily, he has a trust, so it will be a bit easier. He had a scan, and they didn't see any cancer. I guess they will have to wait.
That’s so vile to me. People like that have no fucking hearts
I'm a nurse, been in Healthcare over a decade. And the tea would hurt your tongues!!
After the shit day I have had..
You're a bad ass Charlotte. Thank you so much for giving me someone else's tea to forget my own. You genuinely help people be OK out here and are so very appreciated ❤
While a death in the family can "bring out the worst in people", it can also bring out the best. People can step up and help with love and compassion.
My estate lawyer had to!
That first story makes me queasy. Personally, even the idea of getting an inheritance makes me uneasy because I don't like the idea of someone I love dying causing me to profit.
By the way, love the hair. It looks like you're on your villain arc. 🤣
The last story made me happy. I gained alot of weight and literally lost 44lbs in 8 DAYS B3CAUSE WE WEIGHT GAIN WAS A HEALTH ISSUR AND I WAS AND STILL AM RETAINING TONS OF FLUID. But even if it's not because your sick leave ppl alone. I had no clue why I kept getting bigger and bigger. And most ppl there is an underlying medical problem. Again even if not just leave ppl alone
Hubby actually had 67lbs of fluid weight due to health issues and we didn't know until he had a heart attack back in September.
That last one makes my soul happy
This is absolutely my favorite part of the day!!
My mum went on a SKI (Spend Kids Inheritance) Holiday before she passed with our blessing ❤. She worked bloody hard her whole life, and it was her money. Nobody is entitled to anything
I am surprised that the brother didn't do anything in the first story. But maybe the death of his dad was a wake-up call for him and he really changed.
I also watch while crocheting! Love me some crafty potatoes :)
And i appreciate when the poster starts "pardon my inferior English as it is my 14th language. Apologies for any errors I might make" as they proceed to write better than 90% of American high school graduates lol
Today is now a good day ,any day with Charlotte is a blessing ,even if i rewatch videos
18:34 we love a messy supportive aunt 😂😂😂
First story…. I don’t understand why anyone thinks they’d get a dime from a MARRIED parent who passes because um…. It’s all equally the Spouse’s! If/when one of my parents goes 100% SHOULD go to the other parent! Our house was OURS… equally! So why do others think they’d get the house still fully owned by Mom! I don’t get it!
Charlotte, you are amazing. You have helped me through some really dark times with just the sound of your voice. You've brought laughter to my home when it was nothing but silence and have kept me company when I'm lonely. Thank you so much. ❤
15:00 had a similar issue happen with my team, but luckily the guy (Daryl) who was cutting corners left for another job before it blew up. Daryl would do stuff like log hrs that he didn't work, be on his phone forever to elongate simple tasks, and throw stuff on the shelf without counting or seeing if anything was damaged while checking in equipment and doing inventory. This last part surprised me because his friend (Albert) who worked with us along with another team member didn't check things in properly and lost a bunch of expensive equipment because of it. Albert and the other team member got caught and were both fired, yet Daryl kept on doing the same thing!! This all made me very anxious but I still didn't want to call out Daryl because we were a really small team and he was really talented at the main part of our job and was the main guy training me but was horrible at all the "boring" stuff. But now he works freelance so any mistakes he makes will just fall on him. Now I filled in Daryl's position and am training a new guy who is very dedicated and reliable. It's so much less stressful/aggravating 💚
The importance of legal documents, especially a will! My uncle put in his will that anyone who contested or tried to get more of their share would be cut out completely. I don't anticipate anything like that in my immediate family, but honestly, I think that should be in everyone's will.
When my father passed away my half sister called me to ask what he left her behind I told her Debt a lot of Debt she hung up haven’t heard from her in 11 years 😂🤷🏾♀️The nerve she didn’t bother to show up to the funeral what a joke.
When my grandmother died 2-3 years ago, she didn't have a will but my relatives didn't fight when it came to my grandmother’s gold jewelry. She had a few pieces and only two of them were labeled to be given to me and my sister. No one fought for it, just asked who wanted what and then my cousin was able to find a text saying which piece went to which person, making it easier. Whatever little money she had was split evenly between my mom and her two brothers. No fuss and no drama.
Just came here to say you are NOT fat and ugly... you're beautifully put together in soul and body. Love your content.
I agree. Charlotte is asolutely beautiful, funny, talented and kind hearted. Love watching her content.
You know it's a good one when you are so busy listening that you realise you haven't changed colours on the blanket you are crocheting... oh dear.. 8 rows to frog and redo .. totally worth it tho!!! Love you Charlotte ❤
Rip-it, rip-it. 🐸
Yesss, another Charlotte video I can rewatch a billion times and not get tired of 🥰♥️
As a person that processes life insurance and death benefits for my job...... children CAN be entitled to benefits if there is no designation or Will. It varies in the US from state to state and company to company.
I am glad they were able to get POA for the aunt AND adjust for OP to be the executor of the estate, since POA ends at death and estates are a totally different entity.
Woke up in a crappy mood, only to see Charlotte has posted. Mood saved!!! 😂 Bring on the petty!!!
I really loved this video as always!
***ATTENTION***
To those who apologize because for English NOT being their main language!! DON'T say SORRY, you speak and read TWO languages!! I and I think a lot are jealous!
I am also binjing watching your video's and croching a baby blanket that I want to enter it in our local show, which I did once and got 2nd in both categories! So, I hope to do better IF I get this and the skull shawl done by Mid June!
A standing ovation for CHARLOTTE OUR PETTY QUEEN❤
Ps i Love the hairstyle❤
That last story was so satisfying!!
Love the look, btw, Charlotte...🤩
This is why my grandparents made sure to get everything in order before they passed. My grandparents owned some farm land and had 6 kids. They got a lawyer and set everything up with inheritance, living wills, etc. so when they passed it was a very smooth process with no hiccups. It's a great way to prevent any fighting and to insure things go the way they want it to.
The amount of demon elf giggle that came out of me over the overweight story was amazing 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Makes you see just how blessed you really are. ❤
As an aside @Charlotte, I love those earrings and used to have a pair exactly like them. Mine were antiques.
The third story made me giddy. I also binge Charlotte while crocheting! (or knitting or tatting or other textile handicrafts!)
You're a tatter, too!! I guess we're just a couple of knotty tatters. 😆
Whenever I see a fellow petty potato in another comment section or a live there's sometimes gotta be the exchange of "Move in the Shadows!!!" *Pterodactyl screech* 😂
LOVED the last one! My egg donor had me on prescription diet pills at 12, shamed me throughout secondary school for my weight. I’m 55 now and have weighed 40-43kg since 26 years old. I’ve done nothing different except stopped drinking soda, I was pregnant with our first. I never started drinking it again as coffee, chaos and water was my fuel for the next 20+ years! When I was low contact with Satan’s bride, she started gaining weight and commenting that I must have an eating disorder! 🤣 Right! It’s called not sitting on my arse because I’m being a mum, slag. Needless to say, we’re no contact and it’s been lovely. We raised our daughters to never go on diets as it’s just another word for eating, numbers on a scale are just numbers, if the doctor says something then listen and do what is necessary to be healthy. None had any issues and we never comment on their size or shape, just that they look stunning in that outfit or when necessary ask them how THEY feel when they ask how they look. If they say, ‘Fabulous’, we agree! We did have to tell them to shower a bit more often when in secondary school but that’s it. Whew, teenagers stink! Yes, even the girls 🤭😘
Love this hairstyle on you!
I happen to have a buzzard in my family too. My uncle. He’s living in severe debt (which has taken him and his wife to court) but he is also living a lavish life, buying new cars, going on expensive holidays, going out for dinner etc. all while spending my grandfather’s money. My uncle is keeping face to his friends, making them think he’s wealthy, but the reality is that he can’t afford to divorce his wife and is living off of my grandfather’s pension.
In Florida, first story people would be charged with elder abuse ( financial and physical).
I’m my mother’s caregiver and my middle sister only comes around when it suits her need; to exclude me from family gatherings.
She’s a toxic narcissist and I can’t begin to tell you all the crazy things she’s done. (too disturbing)
I’ve told my mother that she will try to take me to court when passes but she refuses to think she will.
We’ve covered all our bases legally and saved every receipt with my mother’s signature.
My parents Will and Power of Attorney is binding and there’s nothing she can do but try to waste money in the courts.
She’s a vulture waiting to strike.
Recently discovered this channel. I love it! The tea that’s served is always piping hot!
16:04 Same! Im crocheting right now 😂
Me too😂😂😂
Me too 😂
A few months ago my husband's grandmother was in the hospital and there were real fears that those were her last moments. Turns out she was on a toxic amount of medication to treat a major illness. Over christmas I noticed the majority of her teaset collection she keeps over her kitchen cabinets were gone. Turns out while she was in the hospital some of her grandchildren came in her house and took what they thought would be worth money. Its disgusting and I don't know how these people face themselves in the mirror.
Dreading going to work today 🤦♀️ felt so much better when I opened my phone and saw a new video !
This woman gets off , off drama! i freaking love it! the reactions are gold xD !!!!
Just came from gym and seeing Charlotte post reddit drama is my fav time of the day
My parents bought a lake house from a guy with a similar story after he passed. His kids left him, they did not even come to his wife (their mother’s) funeral. A couple of years later his health declined. The kids started to coming around again to get the house after he passed. He did not will the house to them and gave his money to charities and other noble causes.
That long & chunky meme had me cacklinggggg 😂😂😂
I probably should not have watched this at work. As soon as you said, "the buzzards circling eh"....I laughed so loud and I got so many looks from my coworkers. Thankfully, I am in the break room 😂!
4:36 im sorry, but when one parent passes.... EVERYTHING goes to your other parent.... Not you!! Wth!?
This is exactly what I was thinking! This is what happened when my grandpa died. My cousins (who haven’t talked to my grandparents in years or cared for them.) were calling my dad asking about the will. My dad was like “that’s non of your business and my mom is still alive!!!” Insane!
I think you're right, but in Germany, for example, the wife or widow only gets 50% and the children are entitled to 25%, the other 25% is then divided fairly. That's why it's actually extremely bad if you don't have a will where you explain how you want your inheritance to be divided.
Get the police involved & press charges!! They will do something again and if it’s not on record, and they do something again, it’s “just a story”. And that won’t help you. Get it on record and documented. I’ve been down this road too. Good luck!! ❤
Good Morning Petty Potatoes! ❤
Bring on the Petty!
I've always been heavy too. When I was a teenager, I was heavier than the other girls but was by no means overweight. While most girls my age were about 115 to 120, wearing size 4 to 8, I was 130 and a size 10. But I wasn't fat. That did not stop my mother from fat shaming me. For my 16th birthday I told her I wanted french bread pizza and a chocolate cake. Now I'm a picky eater and she knew I didn't like tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, or mushrooms. But she bought a jar of pasta sauce that contained all of those things for the pizza sauce. When I complained, she said she forgot and to be grateful I'm getting what I wanted and to just eat it anyway. I didn't. And for the cake, she decided while she was at Costco to buy a full sheet cake. Now Costco's cakes are huge. Not only very thick for a 2 layer cake but ginormous in size. A full sheet cake could easily feed 30 to 40 people, maybe even more. But there was less than a dozen people at my party. It also was a yellow cake, with an ugly shade of peach colored frosting, and not chocolate. When I asked her why she didn't get a chocolate cake, she said it was on clearance cause someone had cancelled their order and I should be grateful she bought me a cake at all. To compensate for such a huge cake and a small number of people, she cut huge square slices for everyone, think 4 to 5 inches on both sides. And then made the comment that everyone better eat up theirs or I'll eat it all instead. Everyone laughed. I was so humiliated. And when I started to cry, she poked fun at me for that too. I spent the rest of the party in my room crying. And later got chewed out for being a ungrateful b|tch and hiding in my room.
YESSS!! 😭 currently sick at home. Was WISHING for Charollette video