money problems

55-year-old mom schedules family cruise right before her 30-year-old daughter's grad school graduation, forcing the family to chose which event to attend: 'Many have already said they can't afford both'

Emmy Pratt

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28-year-old tries to evict uncle who has been living in the basement of the $400K house she inherited from her grandma: 'My uncle thinks that he is entitled to inherit the house instead of me'

Emmy Pratt

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'I always end up covering more than my share': 34-year-old brother refuses to go on family vacation and cover costs for constantly broke 31-year-old brother and his family

JR Atkinson

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41-year-old brother borrows $16K from 39-year-old sister over the years, insists that she give him more money after she gave him $2K just 2 weeks before: 'My husband and I just had a 3 hour conversation with him saying no!'

Emmy Pratt

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Boyfriend lets girlfriend live in his parents apartment by herself rent free, gives her an allowance that is 56% of his monthly paycheck: 'She has no money saved, she has nothing but debt'

Emmy Pratt

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29-year-old squanders $75K inheritance from her grandma, asks her sister who invested her inheritance to pay $8K to fix her broken-down car: 'She said I am selfish because I clearly have the money.'

Emmy Pratt

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'I only found out about his daughter that day': Fiancé demands half of future wife's lottery winnings for his secret 5-year-old daughter despite it being in a trust for her 4-year-old son

JR Atkinson

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22-year-old recent grad spends 80% of their paycheck on rent, can't understand how fellow professionals get by on entry-level pay: 'How is this sustainable?'

Emmy Pratt

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Mother-in-law refuses to see daughter-in-law's remote programming job as 'real,' calls her out at a family barbecue: 'Yeah, and that [...] paid off your son's student loans'

JR Atkinson

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High school acquaintance asks 27-year-old woman if she can have her old food stamps now that she doesn't qualify for them anymore, gets angry when she declines: 'She told me I was being stingy and privileged now that I have a job'

Emmy Pratt

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29-year-old refuses to let her fiancé lend his sister $10K from their wedding fund for her wedding fund: 'You guys are already paying for your own wedding, what’s the difference?'

Emmy Pratt

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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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47-year-old father asks son to cosign $500k loan, but refuses son's demands to make him sole beneficiary on father's insurance policy in return: [He] called me a greedy brat’

Lana DeGaetano

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Woman lends $1200 Macbook to friend, after months they claim they lost it and offer $100 as compensation: 'Friends think I'm being petty and putting money over friendship'

JR Atkinson

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'I don't mind paying about $2k': Boyfriend wants to charge girlfriend $1000 in rent and utilities despite her being in full-time nursing school

JR Atkinson

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College girl immediately regrets offering to pay for a struggling stranger's groceries after they dash back into the store to gather more supplies: 'I am just a poor freshman who was just trying to do something nice'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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