“Family Tensions Explode: Daughter Questions Her Morality After Refusing to Help Pay Rent for Dad’s Ex and Brother”
Everyone makes financial mistakes, sure, but someone who has a full-time job and receives a pension on top of that can be self-sufficient if they reorganize their budget, spending, and savings.
What matters isn’t how much money you’re earning per se; what matters is that your income is bigger than your spending. Or, to flip this upside down, your spending has to be lower than what you earn. In other words, when you live below your means, you’ll have money left over for an emergency fund, leisure activities, investments, etc.
However, if you consistently spend more than you earn, you’ll eat into your savings, go into debt, or end up having to turn to your friends and relatives for support. If you can see that you can’t afford to rent a particular apartment, then you should find a cheaper place to live.
There are times when we all need to adjust our expectations, even when we’re used to better standards of living. At the same time, you can look for a higher-paying job, cut back on needless expenses in other areas, and look for opportunities to upskill for better career prospects in the future.
A lot of this comes down to the individual themselves, and how driven they are to better their financial situation, apply for new jobs, look for cheaper apartments, etc. If they’re not willing to do anything to change for the better, then the question is why anyone else should fund their overly lavish lifestyle.
What would you do if you were in the post author’s shoes, dear Pandas? How do you maintain healthy boundaries with your family and friends, especially where financial support is concerned? If you have a spare moment, let us know what you think in the comments below.
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