My aunt's unpaid loan showed me why mixing family and cash fails

From my view, the idea that you should always bail out relatives is flawed. I gave my aunt money for a medical bill, and she avoided paying it back for years. It created quiet resentment during family gatherings that nobody would address. Now I believe keeping finances separate from kinship prevents heartache, even if others call it cold. Take this with a grain of salt, but that error taught me a lot.

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victorb747mo ago

Yeah my brother still owes me from 2019.

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viola_king7mo ago

Learned that lesson after loaning a cousin money for what he called a "can't miss" used car deal. The car missed plenty, mostly the payments. I felt like a walking ATM with family programming for years.

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danielb437mo ago

Seen this happen so many times. People treat family like a free bank with no due dates. Turns a nice thing into something that just kills the relationship.

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