Probably not, JBee. My mil came from a very large, very poor family and the sister went to work for an elderly lady who recognised the need to give the child a chance, later taking on my mil as well. I was very critical when I hewrd my mil talk about this but she soon put me right, lol. She said it was the first time in her life that she had slept in a bed, let alone a clean one, had regular food, was taught how to wash herself and given clothes of her own. "And all I had to do in return was dust a few pretty ornaments".
Mil and her sister delayed their weddings for nearly 7 years because they did not want to leave her on her own.
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