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[quote=Anonymous]So you would rather give money to charities instead of your parent? Who is working FT, in a hard job? Not everyone in society will have a white collar job and make a ton of money. I'm not saying you should be giving him thousands and thousands, but the small amounts you mentioned? Those are exactly the kinds of amounts that ruin working class people. They are always one paycheck away from complete catastrophe and get into debt in large part because they don't have enough cash flow to fund basics. So they will go to a payday lender to pay their cell phone bill because it is due 2 days before payday, then that $100 bill becomes $125 with interest and they are in a neverending hole. A cell phone is not a luxury in 2023. I'm sure he does not have good health insurance either. So any illness that requires medical attention could be a catastrophic financial setback. A $500 ER bill is catastrophic to a person when $500 might be their entire paycheck for a week.

Yes, you are subsidizing him if you give him these small amounts, but you are also probably helping keep the man on his feet. It also sounds like the requests are not that frequent, based on your characterization. If a working poor person is only needing $150 bail outs from time to time, and not living in constant crisis - that actually IS success.

Please count your blessings and thank goodness you have a husband who is a kind person. 
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