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When long-term family charity recipients aren't actually needy

I have been giving money to my cousin's family for years thinking they were struggling but I just found out they spend more on vacations than I make in a year.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Discovering that charitable assumptions were wrong creates betrayal and confusion about both family dynamics and giving wisdom.

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