Dad insists 31-year-old immigrant daughter sends him $30000 to repay debt, snubs her and her husband when she refuses: 'I used to send 75% of my salary home to support my family'

While we all know that parents have a large responsibility to their kids, not everybody talks about how things go the other way. When children grow up and their parents get older, there is usually the expectation that they will do their part to help them out if they start to struggle in any way. For many moms and dads, there is the feeling that their kids owe it to them.

Although many adult children are willing to support their parents in a time of need, this isn't always an easy process. On top of that, there are some families out there that see no problem in placing completely unfair or excessive expectations on their kids. Just because children grow up and sometimes start earning decent incomes, does not always mean they are a permanent parental meal ticket. It is a boundary that many struggle to enforce a lot of the time.

One woman found herself struggling with this after she finally put her foot down when it came to supporting her dad and other family members financially. Her father had gone into debt to let her go to college, and ever since graduating, she had sent a proportion of her income home to support her family.
Moving abroad after getting married, she continued to send money to her dad after promising to continue helping out. Eventually, this escalated to her father asking for $30,000 to help repay his debts and fund her sister's wedding.
The woman refused, causing her father to demand that her husband take out a loan. When this didn't work, he began to disrespect the couple, and so did her family. She wanted to know if she had done something wrong in refusing.
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AITA for refusing to give my dad the $30K he says I owe him, even though I’ve supported him monthly for years?

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Commenters assured her she had done nothing wrong.

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