Today I asked my son "Beatles or Stones" ...& he said..."Why can't we just have something normal for dinner, dad?"...Marks out of ten, pls?

Definitely talk to your brother about this. He should be thanking you for gifts as well, not just his wife. I would still send your niece cards and little things.

It's not her fault that she's being raised by jerks. If you wanted to, you could start her a savings account or put money up for her to give to her at high school graduation instead of spending money for toys now - that way when you give it to her she will be old enough to thank you herself.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.