We should all be empowered to take care of our own finances. It’s not easy to rely on someone else. Plus, you never know when that relationship might end or change or leave you empty-handed with no place to go. This is why it’s important to keep a pile of money just for you. Maybe you even keep it a secret from everyone else. That’s okay. You’re allowed to have your in case of emergency funds. Your little nest egg that nobody is allowed to touch but you. 

You never know when you might get sick of your life and need to go live in a cabin in Maine for a couple of months. That money is there for you to be able to do that. This doesn’t mean, though, that you are allowed to deceive the people closest to you. It’s one thing to keep a secret, and it’s another thing to implicate someone in that secret.