As someone who has read hundreds, if not thousands of posts where Redditors ask other Redditors if they are the… problem, I can confidently say that you should never lend money to a family member if you can help it. If you feel like being exceptionally generous, just give them a gift and don’t expect …
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Woman keeps $20k in ‘friend fund’ with 4 other women, refuses to pull out her share to help husband with $60k down payment: ‘Your wife sounds financially illiterate’
You could have a perfect marriage in every other way and money could still be the thing that tears you apart. It’s the tie that binds, and the knife that severs. It’s difficult to find the right balance of splitting the burden, especially when you don’t have equal salaries. Usually, marriage means combining your funds, …
Seguir leyendo Woman keeps $20k in ‘friend fund’ with 4 other women, refuses to pull out her share to help husband with $60k down payment: ‘Your wife sounds financially illiterate’
‘They’re ‘retired’ but in their 30s’: 20+ Phrases only wealthy people say that make us feel like bumpkins
Rich people love to be covert about how rich they are. Maybe they’re scared to be too braggadocious or offend someone. Maybe they’re trying to be relatable to the common man. Maybe they’re worried that people are going to ask them for money if they know how rich they are. Or maybe they’re afraid to …
Seguir leyendo ‘They’re ‘retired’ but in their 30s’: 20+ Phrases only wealthy people say that make us feel like bumpkins
28-year-old sends thousand of dollars a month to his mid-50s parents so they can retire early, puts financial stress on his girlfriend: ‘His parents are choosing to watch their child struggle so they can live lavishly’
No parents want to rob their children of their future. While some aging parents of adult children might need more support than others, they shouldn’t want to take away their children’s opportunities for life and a family of their own if they can help it. Sometimes, the strain of taking care of parents puts plans …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old sends thousand of dollars a month to his mid-50s parents so they can retire early, puts financial stress on his girlfriend: ‘His parents are choosing to watch their child struggle so they can live lavishly’
Family of 6 struggles to survive on $80k a year, husband gets a part time job and won’t let stay-at-home wife touch the money: ‘Are people actually this financially stupid?’
Sharing finances as a married couple is one of the most difficult things about marriage. It rarely happens that the salaries are equal and everything is hunky dory. Usually, one person makes more money than the other and this introduces some imbalances. Does that mean the other one does more of the housework? How is …
Seguir leyendo Family of 6 struggles to survive on $80k a year, husband gets a part time job and won’t let stay-at-home wife touch the money: ‘Are people actually this financially stupid?’
Woman spends $45 on burgers every week to help out pregnant sister, husband lashes out: ‘Does she micromanage how you spend your money?’
Helping out a family member financially can be a difficult situation to navigate. You want to be helpful and generous if you can, but it can be hard to know where to draw the line. Because once you get money involved, it’s a different ballgame. Feelings can easily get hurt and debts can easily remain …
Seguir leyendo Woman spends $45 on burgers every week to help out pregnant sister, husband lashes out: ‘Does she micromanage how you spend your money?’
Brother asks sister for $16000 for his wedding, is offended when she draws up a loan contract: ‘He’s defaulted on 2 car loans and his credit score is around the 470s’
As someone who just spent the whole weekend watching Four Weddings (the TLC show where four brides are pitted against each other and they have to vote on which one wins), I can confidently say that weddings are expensive. Even the lowest budget ones are usually north of $10,000, with no upper ceiling. There are …
Seguir leyendo Brother asks sister for $16000 for his wedding, is offended when she draws up a loan contract: ‘He’s defaulted on 2 car loans and his credit score is around the 470s’
Humiliated couple gifts $100 after 7-year-old asks for gifts at no-gift party, parents ponder whether they should return the money: ‘Everyone gasped’
You’ll probably never go to more birthday parties than you will when you’re in grade school. There’s a time in a person’s single-digit lift when everyone invites everyone’s classmates to every birthday party, and suddenly you’ve celebrated 12 different 8-year-olds in the last 2 months. It’s a critical mass of birthdays. Kids usually love it, …
Seguir leyendo Humiliated couple gifts $100 after 7-year-old asks for gifts at no-gift party, parents ponder whether they should return the money: ‘Everyone gasped’
‘My dad screwed me and my wife over’: Son ices out family after Dad’s house down payment gift is less than he imagined
Mixing money and family can be a recipe for disaster. It too often gets entwined with feelings and obligations and the whole thing becomes messy. Though if you’re lucky enough to have family that wants to help you out, and can afford to, it can be hard to say no to. Let me be the …
Seguir leyendo ‘My dad screwed me and my wife over’: Son ices out family after Dad’s house down payment gift is less than he imagined
Unemployed husband gives his parents over $10K of his wife’s money, gets angry when she separates their finances: ‘I’m not gonna work 60 hours a week so he can keep giving our money away’
When you’re married, you have to be on the same page about so many things. Before you even go down to the courthouse and get it all in writing, you need to figure out if you’re going to have kids, who’s going to bring home the bacon, and where you want to live long-term. Once …
Seguir leyendo Unemployed husband gives his parents over $10K of his wife’s money, gets angry when she separates their finances: ‘I’m not gonna work 60 hours a week so he can keep giving our money away’