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When family financial support breeds secret resentment

I've been supporting my unemployed brother for two years and I'm starting to resent him, but I can't tell if I'm being reasonable or just selfish.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic codependency within families creates guilt, resentment, and unclear boundaries around obligation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity and money — what wealth does to selfhood?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.