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When family members repeatedly ask for money you can't afford to give

I keep lending my sister money even though she never pays me back and last week I had to choose between paying my rent or giving her another three hundred dollars for her car payment.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear of being seen as selfish or uncaring drives you to sacrifice your own financial stability for someone who has learned to depend on your inability to say no.

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