Single mom demands her male friend pay her bills, shames him in their friends group chat when he can't afford to help her anymore: 'She felt like people were dismissing how financially stressed she was.'

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Emmy Pratt • Writer and Editor
Jun 23, 2026 8:30 PM EDT

Why is it his job to pay her bills? 

Borrowing money from your girlfriend, parent, or best friend will likely hurt your relationship with them. It doesn't matter whether you pay the money back on time. The relationship shifts from buddy-buddy to lender-borrower, which is a totally different dynamic. Every time you hang out and every purchase the borrower makes will feel different because the fact that one friend owes money to the other friend is constantly in the back of your mind.

The best way to avoid such a situation is to give money to people rather than loan it. That way, it's a weight off of both of your shoulders, and it's a win-win! The giver feels good because they did something good for their friend, and the receiver gets the money they need! You shouldn't give someone money if you wouldn't be okay with taking that money out of the bank and setting it on fire. If that would make you viscerally uncomfortable, you aren't in a position to be gifting that money. You can't control how someone spends the money you give to them, so if you have a problem with them blowing it on scratch-offs or Mountain Dew Code Reds, you shouldn't be giving that money away. It doesn't matter if someone begs and begs you to give them dough: you should never part with more money than you're comfortable parting with. 

The mom in this story demands that her friend give her his money, even though he can barely afford to pay his own bills.

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