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When Family Members Do Not Pay Back Loans

My brother borrowed $5,000 from me six months ago and has not mentioned paying it back and I do not know how to bring it up without ruining our relationship.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The collision of financial obligation with emotional bonds reveals the fragility of both money and love as social contracts.

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