Stepdad refuses to pay for his stepchild’s college at the expense of his kid’s college funds: ‘My wife says it’s not fair that my child will have enough money for 4 years at college and her child will not.’

Is his stepkid’s education his responsibility?  When couples get married, they often combine all of their finances. They don’t differentiate between his and her money: they make all their financial decisions as a team, which helps them build wealth better than they would if they kept everything separate.  It’s easier to combine finances without issue …
Seguir leyendo Stepdad refuses to pay for his stepchild’s college at the expense of his kid’s college funds: ‘My wife says it’s not fair that my child will have enough money for 4 years at college and her child will not.’

Entitled in-laws ask for their grandson’s Social Security Number so they can continue getting food from food bank, despite their grandson living 500 miles away: ‘They want the number so they can access something else, like foodstamps or a new credit card’

It’s important to keep secrets from some people, even if you think they’re your closest confidants. I love my friends more than anything in the world, but I’m not going to just tell them the password to my Vanguard account or my Social Security Number. It’s not that I don’t trust them, but there’s no …
Seguir leyendo Entitled in-laws ask for their grandson’s Social Security Number so they can continue getting food from food bank, despite their grandson living 500 miles away: ‘They want the number so they can access something else, like foodstamps or a new credit card’

‘Please run, it sounds like he is already trying to control you’: Shady boyfriend asks for girlfriend’s social security number 3 months into dating, hesitates to explain why

Trust is a slippery thing. You want to trust the people you love, but it takes time. Especially if you’ve been burned before, it can take a heck of a long time to rebuild your trust in others. Sometimes, this is a bad thing. You close people off from getting to really know you because …
Seguir leyendo ‘Please run, it sounds like he is already trying to control you’: Shady boyfriend asks for girlfriend’s social security number 3 months into dating, hesitates to explain why

Mom insists that her 20-year-old daughter who has lived on her own since she was 18 give her her birth certificate, Social Security card, and passport: ‘She thinks that she has a right to all of my things’

Once you turn 18, you gain the right to skip town with nothing but the clothes off your back and your identification and start a whole new life. You might’ve been a know-nothing virgin loser with unusually knobby knees in your hometown of  Bethesda, Maryland, but after a 4-hour bus ride to Newark, New Jersey, …
Seguir leyendo Mom insists that her 20-year-old daughter who has lived on her own since she was 18 give her her birth certificate, Social Security card, and passport: ‘She thinks that she has a right to all of my things’