Would you still lend your sibling money

Shes always struggling with money & asking for help with with bills. Mind you we're kinda paycheck to paycheck with maybe a little extra at the end of the mmonth. She'll post on snap or insta eating out or a shopping but then 2 days later ask for money to pay some bills. Told her I wasn't going to be able to help her anymore. Even tho she does pay back it's still annoying & I feel like inconsiderate of her. Instead of shopping & eating out every week save & use that for your bills instead of asking us when you know we literally have kids & just making it. She has no kids no pets. & she's annoyed with me now & so is some family. But if they think she needs the help they should help her then. I have 4 kids & we both work full & part time (hubby has 2 jobs) & 2 pets at home. Like what is her excuse? She said multiple times she could get a second job but doesn't want too bc she won't have enough time to chill...
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I wouldn't. I don't lend money out in general because you never lend unless you're okay with the money being gone forever. But if I did lend money, I would have only lent her money once or twice before stopping. I'm not helping anybody who doesn't help themselves

I wouldn't. Tell her to learn to budget.

No, I wouldn’t.

I wouldn’t lend my sister money. I would just give it to her.

My sister is the same way and I just can’t do it. My mom is the same way and I do still help her out. Not too often but sometimes

If you don’t have the extra money without putting burden on your family, then I wouldn’t do it. I’d want to help my sister too but ultimately my kids and husband have to come first. But if I could help out without causing lots of burden, I would just give the money to her and not expect it back.

I've struggled with money & have never asked my sister, I think you should stop.

You are doing the right thing! This is the only way for her to learn. It’s fine for her to be annoyed - it’s part of her learning. It’s also okay for your family to be annoyed - they’ll get over it. I see soooo many families enable poor behavior especially from the youngest sibling, and then the sibling never gains maturity. Time for her to learn

My SIBLINGS do this. The younger one is just entitled and irresponsible and the older one is irresponsible and didn’t pay me back the last time even after a reminder. I do well for mine but that doesn’t mean I didn’t work hard to be able to do so.

No, she has the option to change her situation and she can’t be arsed

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