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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't you just let her pay off her credit card? It's no longer a matter of life and death, the cat has had the surgery already so hopefully she'll be able to keep her companion for a long while. I don't see where you need to get involved any further.[/quote]

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It will be another emergency every year if she knows she can put it on the credit card and you will pay for it. I can't believe you are even considering enabling this[/quote]

Save the rest of your charitable family donation funds for the future when she surely will need financial help to cover her own bills. My parents lived through the Depression and they would never spend that kind of money on our pets. [/quote]

This is my position, too, OP.  I have a feeling she may need financial assistance down the road.  Yes, it's  a bit awkward to say no/ignore her hints now.  But the reality is that you probably don't have infinite resources so if she needed critical support later (for her own health), that's where the money should go in my opinion.  I feel like it's not if, but when.  And even then, you and your husband probably need to set-up some boundaries.  Good luck.  Family situations involving financial assistance (and poor life choices) can be very difficult.[/quote]

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