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AITA For threatening to report charges on my card that my brother made without my permission as fraud?
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Facts are not complicated. Two unauthorized charges to the brother’s address. Screenshots of the last four digits on file. Polite texts answered with jokes and delays. A home visit that produced vibes, not repayment. A mother stuck in the middle who wants peace more than proof and hopes time will fix a balance that is already at nine dollars. Time fixes nothing when someone else controls the checkout.
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The smart play is boring and effective. Remove the card from the shared account. Lock the debit for online use. Set alerts for any charge over five dollars. Tell the bank the card was compromised if the spending continues. Tell the brother money is now a contract, not a suggestion, and repayment comes with dates, not vibes. Generosity is not a subsidy. Family is not a loophole. Protect the cash first and the relationship has a chance to grow up later.
‘‘He said he was under the impression that my visa debit was a credit card’: 26-year-old brother uses 16-year-old sister’s card for Amazon purchases, pushing her to warn she’ll report fraud to get her money back
Allowance math meets adult entitlement when a sixteen-year-old's part-time wages vanish into Amazon charges for a twenty-six-year-old brother who treats a shared Prime login like an ATM and a debit card like a family fund.
This is the sibling discount some people invent. Ask forgiveness, not permission, spend the minor's money, and play dumb about debit versus credit while telling the kid to relax. It is the laziest kind of theft, the kind that shows up as small numbers that matter a lot to the person who earned them. Boundaries only start working when they cost something to cross. Banks call it fraud. Families call it drama. Either way, the lesson lands fastest when consequences are real and in writing.
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