My adult kids keep asking us for money help with groceries and gas and we want to support them but our fixed retirement income isn't keeping up with rising costs either. We haven't told them how much we're struggling because we don't want them to worry, but we also can't keep saying yes to every request without honest conversation about what's sustainable.
More people experience this than they realize.
Multiple generations are competing for the same shrinking resources while trying to protect each other from financial anxiety.
“Where Are You with Inflation — causes effects and living with it?”
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