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I know one of the greatest things you can do if you have extra money is to help family members but sometimes it becomes a problem.
Here's my story...
After my dad and mom passed, we were left with nothing. Not even food to eat. I once ate a single tomato the entire day. At that time, No one showed up. No family members visited and no friends asked me if I needed help even though they had great jobs.
4 years later I am making a descent income... not rich yet! but what i make is about 20 times more than i would need to live.
The problems I'm facing-Family
I can say my two sisters very much treat me the same as before cos we made it through the struggle together and they never demand anything from me. As for distant relatives I cannot say the same. This why:
I get cousins pretty much almost my age who keep visiting my place and want to live there for free. They aren't looking for jobs or asking for capital to start businesses but they simply want to live off me for the rest of their lives.
All of a sudden I'm getting ridiculous loan request from family members who claim they will repay them but non of them have returned. I was also tricked by one of my cousins into schooling her child for more than a year now.
As for friends, I never let them bully me into giving them money cos I've made strict rules to myself and that goes the same for the "girlfriends".
As africans we are raised to look out for one another as family but I see this going out of control and I wonder if anyone else has experienced the same...
Here's my story...
After my dad and mom passed, we were left with nothing. Not even food to eat. I once ate a single tomato the entire day. At that time, No one showed up. No family members visited and no friends asked me if I needed help even though they had great jobs.
4 years later I am making a descent income... not rich yet! but what i make is about 20 times more than i would need to live.
The problems I'm facing-Family
I can say my two sisters very much treat me the same as before cos we made it through the struggle together and they never demand anything from me. As for distant relatives I cannot say the same. This why:
I get cousins pretty much almost my age who keep visiting my place and want to live there for free. They aren't looking for jobs or asking for capital to start businesses but they simply want to live off me for the rest of their lives.
All of a sudden I'm getting ridiculous loan request from family members who claim they will repay them but non of them have returned. I was also tricked by one of my cousins into schooling her child for more than a year now.
As for friends, I never let them bully me into giving them money cos I've made strict rules to myself and that goes the same for the "girlfriends".
As africans we are raised to look out for one another as family but I see this going out of control and I wonder if anyone else has experienced the same...
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