Imagine this: You’ve worked your way up from a humble background, started a successful venture, and are now comfortably wealthy. You’ve been generous, helping your family out of debt, even buying them a new house. But then, your extended family starts to take your generosity for granted. They not only expect you to pay for their kids’ college tuition, but they also assume you’ll write recommendation letters for the Ivy League! And the kicker? They don’t even bother to ask you first. Let’s dive into this dramatic tale of family, money, and entitlement…
From Rags to Riches
The Generous Gesture
A House for the Parents
The Leeching Relatives
Taking on the Tuition
The Ivy League Ambition
The Assumption of Generosity
The Entitlement Unleashed
The Supportive Spouse
The Family Fallout
The Millionaire Cousin’s Conundrum: To Pay or Not to Pay?
In this riveting saga of family drama, our self-made millionaire finds herself at the center of a storm. After years of generously supporting her family, she’s now expected to foot the bill for her cousin’s Ivy League dreams – without even a hint of a ‘please’. Worse still, her relatives seem to think they can bypass her and ask her husband instead! With the family in an uproar, she’s left wondering if her generosity has finally reached its limits. Let’s see what the internet thinks of this predicament…
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NTA. Relatives leeching off you & your parents, cut them off!
NTA, but shutting down the gravy train may cause drama
NTA. Family leeches and abusers want something, not gratitude. Cut ties.
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NTA! Don’t interact with them anymore. They’re entitled and toxic
Don’t pay for college! Set boundaries and be generous.
Stop enabling leeches. Focus on your own family’s financial journey.
NTA: You went above and beyond, they owe you respect.
Contributing to scholarships for deserving students is a great idea!
Cutting off entitled family members?
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NTA, don’t pay penance for their advantage. You did nothing wrong
Family entitlement to wealth? OP shouldn’t pay for distant relatives.
NTA. Family assumes you’ll pay for Ivy League, entitled!
Expecting family to pay for tuition? Not the a**hole!
Entitlement at its finest: refusing to pay tuition fees.
Generous OP sets up college fund to counter entitled behavior
NTA: Enabling entitled cousins with magic money ♂️
Family’s selective loyalty: NTA, they only care about your money
NTA. Family expects you to pay for cousin’s school without asking?
NTA. No obligation to pay. Helped family enough. Write recommendation.
Set boundaries with daughter, mom may be using her financially. NTA
NTA. Your Gma’s enabling behavior fuels the entitlement.
You paid for your own education. They can pay for theirs.
NTA! End the feud to find peace
Generosity has its limits. Teachable moment for OP.
Stop paying for their education, let them figure it out
No good deed goes unpunished. Zero obligation for tuition.
NTA. Shutting down the bank. No more enabling the leeches.
Generous but cautious millionaire faces never-ending family financial demands
NTA, but stop enabling leeches
NTA: Don’t let their entitlement guilt trip you.
Stop supporting entitled family. NTA takes a stand!
NTA: OP’s generosity exploited by irresponsible family. Boundaries are necessary.
NTA. Stand your ground, let them figure it out.
