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[quote=Anonymous]The way to alleviate your guilt now is to tell yourself that you are saving your money for a time when they may truly be destitute and in dire need—which means their only option left is to live in a box under a bridge. They aren’t there yet since they have assets and other options.  Hopefully, that time will never come.

The point at which you can truly afford to give away any money is when your retirement and kids’ college funds are fully funded and your house is all paid for.  Up until then, you can’t afford it.  And to any busybodies, just tell them, “I wish I could help, but I’m not able to.”  Claim ‘student loans’ if you have to—that could be your euphemism for ‘they didn’t help me.’

A no cost way to possibly be helpful is to gather up names, phone numbers and websites of agencies that they can turn to for help, such as a local office on aging, senior housing, social security benefits, and job assistance (AARP) and give it to them.  But do that only if you think they would appreciate getting the information.[/quote]

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