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This is how one man felt when he refused to help his mom out of a tight financial spot after she suffered the consequences of co-signing a loan for her younger brother's new truck several years ago. Claiming he needed the vehicle for work, it had since transpired that he was not skilled at managing his money or his business.
With the mom struggling to keep up with her mortgage and other payments on a single income, she turned to her son for help. However, he berated her as he and his late father had told her not to sign the loan for his uncle. Given her struggles, he wondered if he had gone too far.
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AITA for Calling My Mom an Idiot After She Ignored My Advice About Co-Signing a Loan?
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While commenters agreed the mom had made a mistake, many felt that the situation could have been tackled differently.
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'I begged her not to go through with this': 26-year-old refuses to bail out mom after she co-signs loan for her younger brother's work truck and struggles financially
There are usually limits on family helping family, especially when finances are involved.
So long as you have an otherwise decent relationship, it is not unreasonable to expect that close relatives will want to assist you when you end up in a difficult spot. However, it is usually sensible to have a limit on that generosity—when it goes beyond a certain point, there is every chance that it will come back to bite you.
It can be very difficult to say no and put up boundaries when it comes to those closest to us, but it is often a necessity. There are only certain circumstances where taking without giving back is acceptable; otherwise, the recipient is likely to drag other people down with them. Being kind is important with those that you love, but sometimes the best kindness is saying no. The situations that can arise when you don't are enough to make anybody have regrets.
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