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Sister pressures her brother to sell his wife's $60K engagement ring after they've borrowed $150K from the rest of the family to cover their bills: 'They have 3 kids under 3 and are stuck in an $8,500-a-month lease.'

Emmy Pratt

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26-year-old employee refuses to give fundraised money to 'struggling' coworker who is planning a vacation: 'She told us she was struggling financially and might not be able to cover rent that month.'

Emmy Pratt

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33-year-old woman considers giving some of her $3M inheritance to her financially irresponsible mother, despite her late father's request: 'In my dad's will, he has written in bold font that I am not allowed to give any money to my mom.'

Emmy Pratt

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Dad refuses to give his son $20K to pay off his credit card bills because his son makes $112K a year: 'He must be living beyond his means.'

Emmy Pratt

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48-year-old boyfriend asks 39-year-old girlfriend to sell her house and move in with his 11, 13, and 16-year-old kids so he can use the money to pay off his debts: 'He is very irresponsible with money.'

Emmy Pratt

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23-year-old musical theatre actor inherits $3M, plans to invest it and live off of it for the rest of his life: 'I have no true career prospects.'

Emmy Pratt

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Grocery store customer pays for stranger's groceries after overhearing her talk about financial struggles, gets criticized by girlfriend for overstepping: ‘You made her feel small’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Administrative job paying $17 an hour requires applicants to have a minimum 700 credit score to be hired: 'What does my credit score have to do with checking emails and updating spreadsheets?'

Emmy Pratt

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18-year-old inherits $1 million from his grandfather, spends all the money traveling the world, and emerges with no prospects at 35 years old: 'I want a life with a stable salary, a wife, and kids.'

Emmy Pratt

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Woman mocks best friend for being “too responsible” with money, only to reveal she got denied for an apartment because she has no credit: ’It would’ve saved her a lot of stress'

Bar Mor Hazut

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24-year-old refuses to help parents during their financial struggle after they spent her entire childhood only giving money to her younger sister: ‘Get her to help you’

Bar Mor Hazut

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19-year-old college student refuses to change her major from Fine Arts to Computer Science despite her parents' insistence: 'If I don’t change my major by next semester, they’ll cut off their financial support.'

Emmy Pratt

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'I’m not a bank': Man-child quits his job on a whim, expecting his 24-year-old girlfriend to financially support him until he "figures it out," she refuses so he gets Mommy involved in the guilt-trip

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I paid for $1.00 worth of Ramen with a check at a grocery store. The check bounced.': Former broke people share the brokest things they did while living in poverty

Emmy Pratt

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28-year-old asks her ex-boyfriend to give her a financial settlement for their breakup because she moved internationally to be with him 2 years ago: 'I didn’t ask her to drop out or move, she chose to and I supported her the whole time'

Emmy Pratt

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Eldest brother cuts off his ‘struggling’ siblings after he finds out they've been freeloading for years despite a secret stash of money: ‘[I was] paying for their education, food, and other necessities while working to keep myself afloat’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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