Being a single parent is no easy task, especially when it comes to providing for your children’s education. This 43-year-old single mom of two thought she had a blessing in disguise when her ex-brother-in-law contacted her with a generous offer. But little did she know that this well-intended gesture would stir up a whirlwind of family drama and suspicion.
The Mysterious College Funds
Ex-Brother-in-Law’s Generosity
A Gift with Strings Attached?
Keeping Secrets from the Family
Family’s Suspicion and Jokes
Rumors and Hurtful Comments
The Painful Jokes Continue
To Reveal or Not to Reveal? ♀️
Seeking Anonymous Opinions
A Generous Offer or a Recipe for Disaster?
This single mom is caught between a rock and a hard place, as her family’s hurtful jokes about the mysterious source of her daughter’s college fund are becoming unbearable. The truth is that her ex-brother-in-law generously donated the money, but revealing this might hurt her sister, who’s still bitter about their divorce. ♀️ Should she spill the beans and put an end to the rumors, or keep the secret and continue to bear the brunt of her family’s cruel jokes? Let’s see what the internet has to say about this delicate situation…
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NTA for considering it. Keep your finances private to avoid drama.
Get creative with rumors! Flings, scratch-offs, Nigerian princes, and more!
Embrace the wild side! From OnlyFans to naked skydiving!
Tell a new story every time, get more and more outlandish with each retelling. NTA
Why mention a windfall? Privacy is key! But maybe they had discussed financial struggles.
NTA. Shutting down sexist comments with the truth is satisfying
NTA. Give him credit he deserves. Shut AHs up.
Family secrets and college funds
ESH: Revealing the source will only fuel more drama and hurt.
Embrace the drama and shut them down with outrageous stories!
Respecting boundaries: consider your BIL’s opinion before deciding.
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Questioning the need to bring up the college fund secret
Family insinuates OP slept with boss for college fund. NTA.
Standing up to toxic people isn’t easy, but necessary!
Seek BIL’s opinion. NTA for this at all.
Keep the secret and enjoy the financial security!
Is honesty worth the potential backlash?
Sibling drama and wild accusations over a secret college fund!
Stand up for yourself and make them uncomfortable with questions!
Uncle’s secret college fund for niblings-in-law surprises family!
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Disclosing the source of the college fund: family secrets revealed!
Mixed feelings: NTA for taking the money, but YTA for lying
NTA. Sister’s lack of sympathy for your college fund secret.
Supportive comment about ex paying for kids’ college education.
Oops! Should’ve kept the college fund secret within the family ♀️
Creative solution to explain mysterious college fund donation
