My sibling and I both went through divorces in the same year and now we're both asking our parents for financial help, but we have very different ideas about what's appropriate to ask for and what we should have to explain about why we need it.
More people experience this than they realize.
Parallel crises reveal different assumptions about family obligation, privacy, and deservingness.
“Where Are You with Money and divorce?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.