22-year-old exposes 43-year-old uncle's $700 unpaid debt to him during a family dinner after uncle brags about booking a trip to the Maldives: ‘You can afford all that but not repay my debt’

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Jan 13, 2025 5:00 PM EST

Money can cause a lot of issues. Though just a piece of little green paper, money makes the world go round (or, it makes the world stop spinning). We all bow down to the dollar because it's what we use to acquire things—food, housing, trips to the Maldives—you name it!

Lending money to people is a bit daunting when you're unsure of if they'll ever be able to give it back to you. It's one thing if you give someone money without expecting repayment, but when you come to an agreement with the borrower and become someone's makeshift loan shark, you want that money back as soon as possible.

With family, lending money becomes a bit tricky. You don't want to breathe down your relative's neck and you hope they are literally good for the money, but stories like the one you're about to read prove that even relatives might try to pull a fast one on you. No one wants to micromanage someone else's wallet, but if their wallet was once full because of you, you have every right to demand the money you lent them—no interest, just give me my money!

The user who posted this story lent their uncle $700 when he needed some extra cash. The user explains that they had no issue with helping their uncle out in a tight spot, but repayment was discussed and expected. Their uncle kept pushing it off, but things finally come to a head when their uncle announces that he came into a large sum of money and he's taking the family to the Maldives. His wallet's no longer empty, but the user hasn't seen the $700 since they lent it to him. Scroll to read the entire story.

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  • "AITAH for confronting my uncle on a $700 debt while he brags to his family about a surprise vacation to Maldives for his daughter as a Christmas present?"

    Last September my uncle Daniel (43) came up to me (22) looking all stressed and asked if I could have a sit down with him as he needs a Favour. He begun to speak on how he was really on a rough financial
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  • spot, and he really had nowhere to turn to as he didn't have anyone to ask for a loan from and I was the only one left available. Mind you I'm not rich or anything of the sort, I just happened to have the amount he needed at the time.
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  • According to him it was a serious situation that he couldn't approach or tell other guys in the family, and the issue needed to be addressed soon. Without better judgement I lent him the cash after much insisting from him.
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  • We agreed on payment before December, and I didn't even ask for any interest on it. With lots of hugs and words, he took it and gave me his word on the paying it.
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  • Fast forward and we are now at Christmas dinner at my grandma's house, and all that time I didn't give him any reminders or a checkup. I assumed he was late or something and he would let me know
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  • why at Christmas dinner because the larger family meets every year for that. He also didn't call or say anything to update on his situation and I just had to trust all was well. Now on a related side note for later, my cousin Aisha,
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  • (20, Daniel's daughter) recently underwent surgery a while back as she really had it tough for the whole of last year while she recovered from a traumatic back injury from an accident.
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  • Everyone was enjoying their meal and suddenly my uncle stood up at the dinner table and called for attention for a speech. He began to speak on how his business took a really huge boost and long story short, how he
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  • has just cashed in a large profit from some deals. He looked at Aisha across the table and took out some brochure with some resort looking location and said it was a gift to her for her tough recovery from the incident. All I could see
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  • was Aisha visibly crazy excited. Someone asked what it was exactly, and Daniel said he was planning on taking Aisha and the rest of his family. to the Maldives as a celebration on Aisha's accident recovery.
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  • If the uncle hadn't been so insistent on repaying the original poster of the story, they might've not cared as much about the $700. But, the very fact that their uncle bragged about being good for the money and, in the same breath, cashes out big time without repaying them—causes a major issue.

    Of course, treating his recovering daughter to a relaxing vacation is not a crime. The fishy part is that a Maldives vacation for the entire family is likely well into the tens of thousands of dollars, yet the user hasn't gotten back the relatively small amount of $700 they had lent their uncle. If the uncle truly intended to pay back his debt to his nibling, he would've made sure to give it to them before booking a luxury trip for multiple people. Now, the 22-year-old might've been able to speak to their uncle in private about the repayment, but the Maldives trip lit a fuse—they air out their grievances in front of the whole family to send a message.

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  • Everyone was now happily cheering Aisha on her gift as it seemed it was something she always wanted to experience.
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  • "You can afford all that but not repay my debt which you haven't said anything on," the words just slipped out of my subconscious mind as I looked at him straight in the eye. His words were
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  • "why are you talking about that now of all places". Now I was ped, I reminded him Infront of everyone on the exact amount and I told him the fact on how he wasn't even communicating on repaying it. The entire
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  • family was in shock with de d silence as my mom hurriedly changed the subject to avoid an escalation of the situation. Later on, in the evening my aunt, grandma, and some cousins began to lecture
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  • me on how I ruined Aisha's moment after her struggles and embarrassed my uncle in the process. They leave in a week, and he still hasn't paid or mention anything on the debt.
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  • AITAH for ruining the moment and asking for repayment?
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  • Hot-Lawfulness-... NTA. Never loan money to family because they are never going to pay you back sh. Your uncles ks and you should feel free to talk sh to his face until he pays you back (which will be never)
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  • November-8485 NTA. This situation came about because of him and his choices. At worst you're a justified AH. Stop assuming. Start being assertive. Become more vocal about expecting payment and issue a deadline. Tell your family
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  • OscarnBennyes... Your grandma should have been on your side and told him how disappointed she was her grown a son borrowed money from you and did NOT repay it on time.
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  • pottersquash NTA. His assholeness, especially in still not paying (thats a send the venmo now moment), overrides everything else. I would say have some grace with your fam cause yea, not best timing on your part but I think its 100% understandable.
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  • Cappa_Cail NTA. Also if anyone comes at you again about "embarrassing" your uncle ask them if they plan on paying off his debt. If not they may wish to redirect their anger at the man who brags about his wealth with borrowed money.
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  • Alt-with_a_fault Now you know exactly why nobody helped this man.
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