Our family has been helping my brother financially for two years since he lost his job and now my parents are asking the rest of us to contribute more but my sister thinks we're enabling him while I think we're keeping him afloat. Every family dinner has become this minefield where we're all pretending to be normal while silently resenting each other's choices about money and help.
More people experience this than they realize.
Love and duty become entangled with resentment when a family cannot align on how to help one of their own without losing themselves.
“Where Are You with Love Under Financial Stress?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.