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>family is financially illiterate
>there's nothing I can do to help them
>they take any advice as a form of personal attack on them and ridicule my own finances
>I just want to genuinely help my family, don't even care about inheritance
>Have to sit on the sidelines while my own family life a life of self inflicted serfdom

>> No.15281230

>>15281212
letting go is part of growing up

>> No.15281246

>>15281212
This is why I don't feel sorry for most poorfags. They fucking deserve it. They do it to themselves. But yeah I've tried helping my family too. Some listen. Some don't.

>> No.15281265
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I come from a very poor family and when I started making some real money, I began to give my parents 10% of my quarterly bonuses. I remember after my biggest ever, I gave my mom $2,700. Six weeks later I’m on the phone with her and she is complaining that she can’t afford a new oven since the old me broke. Last time I gave them a dime. They’re poor because they have no self control. No amount of money will fix that.

>> No.15281272

>>15281212
Yeah I know that, it's because they don't respect you. Once you're rich tho they'll suddenly start to trust you blindly.

>> No.15281338
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>>15281212
I know this feel. Willfully ignorant deserve their fate though. Can't help those who don't want help.

>> No.15281342

>>15281230
Fpbp

>> No.15281384

>>15281265
I tried giving my parents money in exchange for them changing their habits. Didn't work. Those people who want to change do so without getting paid for it. Most don't want to change.

>> No.15282554

My family is actually pretty good with money. My grandmother is excellent. My mom manages money well, she just doesn't take in much.

>> No.15282621

>>15281212
Same. My parents still owe money on a car they bought in 2013. They also lost house in recession due to taking out equity loan to buy vacation. Dumb dumbs

>> No.15282642

I know this feel. My family uses credit cards like cash. I think what it really boils down to is mathematical retardation. They probably can't even fucking add fractions, let alone understand an interest rate or some other 6th grade material.

>> No.15282853

>>15281384
>rewarding bad habits
Yeah, no wonder why that didn't work

>> No.15282873
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I know that feel OP. My mother can't stop spending money on stupid shit. She recently purchased a $4500 piano for no reason. I don't know what to do besides watch her waste her savings to please my siblings

>> No.15282875

>>15282853
I gave them the money only after they demonstrated actions. They did the bare minimum and it didn't stick. Not sustainable.

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>>15281212
Same shit here.
Hopefully they watch the talmudvision pretty much 24/7 so they don't have much time left to waste their money on stupid shit.
Tho sadly they are dumber and more bluepilled than ever.
Once my brother tried to hide the TV for just few hours (he and i are furiously anti juden propaganda), it's the first time i saw our father truly enraged, like if we stole the pipe from a crackhead, literally.
It was fun but also truly depressing, that was the day i understood it was too late for the parents, they can't be unplugged from the matrix. Just like when Morpheus explain to Neo why most ppl can't be unplugged, and how after a certain age ppl resist with all their force to stay in the matrix and refuse to confront reality.

>> No.15282922

>>15281212
My mom had her mortgage paid off by a wealthy brother then took multiple equity loans for about 60% to spend on random junk and vacations. Painful to watch. Boomers gonna boom.

>> No.15282925

>>15281212

You gotta let a Hoe be a Hoe. Sometimes, its best to let it go and realize thats just how things are for some of these people. Thats all you can do. Let go and let them be at their own devices. Just nod and smile.

>> No.15283835

>>15282873
It raises her status to have a fancy piano sitting around at home. Thats how normies think

>> No.15283873

>>15282910
Heartbreaking. I am familiar with this.

>> No.15283883

>>15282910
That movie has so many important lessons but Morpheus pointing that out is so true it can't be ignored.