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Gen X couple grapples with a hard decision after finding out their broke parents planned a lavish vacation: ‘Congratulations, you are now their retirement plan’

When a fully-fledged adult flops financially, they can usually move back in with their parents to bounce back. There's that memorable stigma of the 'wanton failure' moving back in with mom and dad that's been ingrained in our heads since the dawn of rom-com rock bottom movie intro. But none of us are ever prepared for the moment that our parents move back in with the kids. 

From here, there's nowhere to go but up.

This flip-flop of responsibility is not unheard of, but for elderly parents to move back in with their kiddos because of financial failures–now that's a more complicated story. The Gen X couple in our next story unfortunately has been in the awkward position of inviting their parents in as semi-permanent guests after they entirely blew their retirement savings. Recently they've been faced with some tough decisions to help their frivolous parental figures face the facts on their finances… or else. 

Scroll to read all of the family feuding details of this insane story where the hands of the moral compass cross with the limits of a couple's generosity.

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Posted by Jesse Kessenheimer
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