Brother Given Fake Recipe When He Insists on Obtaining Deceased Mother's "Secret Recipe" From Sibling, Causes Familial Implosion

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Dec 21, 2021 9:00 AM EST

This is a pretty tough situation for these two grieving brothers. It sounds like the recent loss of their mother is behind a lot of the tension here, especially since "Abby" was only one of the brother's birth-mother. Greg sounds like he might be jealous of what his half-brother and "Abby" had.

It is extremely entitled of him to insist on receiving the secret recipe from his brother as he knows how important it was to them. The repeated "No" he received should have been enough. Have your wife prove herself in some other way. Don't set her up for failure. Imagine if she had screwed up the actual recipe?

The OP should have never caved and given them anything.