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[quote=Anonymous]I feel like when you give a gift, you should give willingly and without judging the situation. However....my ex boyfriend lives with his parents and contributes to the household monetarily. He works 2 jobs. His father was originally the bread winner of the family but his business crashed several years ago. they pretty much went from 800k HHI to 100k. His mother recently got a part time job (she is 68 and has never worked outside the home). They are not doing well right now and need some help paying their bills. I offered to write a check this month to help cover some of the bills in their house. I do feel that I would be better off giving thief money if they didn't have such high expenses!

They moved to a smaller house when the business went up, but it is still a large home with a large mortgage. They still have a cleaner come twice a week and they are still driving their expensive cars (which require expensive tune ups). I feel like an ass for putting conditions on a gift, but I don't want to float them every month when they are short on money. Is it too much to ask that they cut expenses before I write a check? If anything the money will go farther if they are spending more modestly. Advice? [/quote]

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