money problems

Husband gives $4000 from the couple's savings to his brother without telling his wife, so she took $6100 from the joint account and put it in hers: 'His mom called the next day and said not to let money come between family'

María Cetra

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15 Brokest Things People Did When They Were Too Poor to Buy Necessities

Ally Perry

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Woman forces friend with $300 to her name to give $40 to a homeless person after she already spent $50 on their coffee and food: 'Your friend was playing the big-hearted philanthropist with YOUR money.'

Emmy Pratt

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Daughter starts a family drama after refusing to let her parents move in with her after they gave the money they had saved for her to her brother instead: 'I suggested they speak to my brother, since they had helped him buy his house'

María Cetra

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Parents on vacation expect their friend to pay for their kids’ expenses, friend refuses: ‘Having children doesn’t automatically make their expenses everyone else’s responsibility’

Melissa Knudson

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Friends bail on Airbnb 3 days before trip, demand $800 back from nonrefundable charge and are baffled when friend refuses: 'They say I am stealing their money'

JR Atkinson

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'What’s a financial mistake that can take years to recover from, even if you earn a decent salary?': People discuss what the biggest financial mistake they ever committed was

María Cetra

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Girlfriend uses his boyfriend's card to order food, even though he told her to delete the card from her phone, she orders $30 worth of food almost every day: 'She’s saying I’m being unreasonable and that I can just pay the minimum payment'

María Cetra

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Mom finds an undeposited check for $500 addressed to her daughter, sobs and berates her daughter for not giving her the money: 'She said she could have used that $500 if I didn’t want it.'

Emmy Pratt

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Family has changed their job, making their financial situation different, now they can't afford travelling for Christmas with the rest of the family: 'I communicated this clearly to my in-laws, however, this was not received well.

María Cetra

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Bride wants to uninvite her sister's boyfriend after he asked her parents for an $8000 loan from the money they had set aside for her wedding, then he asked for $5000 from her fiancé: '[The sister] said if Chris wasn't invited, she wasn't coming either'

María Cetra

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Woman refuses to lend anymore money to unemployed friend after discovering he spends all of it on video games: ‘He couldn’t manage his own money’

Melissa Knudson

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Sister's husband wants to flex his promotion by inviting breakfast but then gets upset about paying for what the brother ordered, even though he always eats the same thing: 'I would have happily paid the bill, like I usually do'

María Cetra

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Freelancer gets tired of being paid late by accountant Connie, when he complained, Connie said to ask the CEO for the expenses money, he complied: 'This left poor little Connie out of the loop, and she wasn't too happy about it'

María Cetra

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Brother-in-law tries to “flex” promotion by insisting on paying for family breakfast, only to immediately complain about the bill: 'It's the 2nd most expensive thing on the breakfast menu'

Melissa Knudson

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Parents spend $30k of daughter's tuition money on kitchen renovation after she takes a year off from school: 'She thought we were bluffing'

JR Atkinson

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