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AITA for telling my step-daughter i am no longer letting her borrow my car or giving her any of my money?
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Each time Dad sets a boundary, Mom sneaks financial aid behind his back, convinced that help equals love and bailing out bad decisions is part of marriage vows. The conversation escalates, with honesty taking center stage: if living with a financial saboteur feels better than learning independence, then maybe tough love is the only lever left.
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Every family faces the crossroad between doing what’s kind and doing what’s smart. Sometimes refusing to bankroll grown children and their reckless partners is the only lesson left that might actually stick. If tears and guilt trips are the price of pushing for real change, it might still be cheaper than another round of roof repairs and borrowed vehicles.
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‘I told her I'm done funding her lazy husband’: Stepdad cuts off car and cash handouts to his 32-year-old stepdaughter and her irresponsible husband, insisting they handle their own financial mess:
Parental support has limits, and nothing tests those boundaries like watching a grown stepdaughter spiral financially alongside a husband who treats separate finances as a ticket for dodging adult responsibilities. The household script involves repeat requests for the family car, endless pleas for help with bills, and a revolving door of purchases and "experiences" that have less to do with actual need and more to do with avoiding consequences. Dad puts his foot down, having already warned his daughter that marrying a man who manages money with semantic gymnastics and a one-way fun fund was asking for endless headaches.
This story is the classic family chokehold. Generational guilt demands lifelong financial rescue missions while the actual recipients never learn a thing about self-sufficiency. The daughter earns more, but gets pressured into covering the major costs because "it's only fair," while her husband spends with abandon and skips out on home repairs.
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