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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a first generation immigrant from a poor rural Indian family. My parents are solidly middle class government employees who are now retired. [b]At the height of his career my dear father used all of his money + loans + dipping into his retirement funds to ensure me and my siblings were given the best education he could afford[/b]. As such we went to well regarded private British schools and after graduating came to the U.S to attend university.

I am now married and live in the U.S on a GC. My brother is also here and works. The problem is, my father is now retired, deeply in debt and without any savings to fund him, my mom and my 2 other siblings who are still in high school. They are completely broke. My youngest sister is attending a private HS back home and they need money for her registration for the new year. My parents have been hitting my brother and I for money over the years. We feel it is our obligation to help them as they are our parents and also because they are in such dire circumstances.

I feel awful but at the same time feel like I can never really save. I don't know how to help or fix their problems.:([/quote]

So your parents are in debt in part because they funded your education and now you're not helping them when they need it?  That's pretty cold.  I come from an immigrant family, too. I imagine not helping my parents even if it meant I had to take a second or third job.[/quote]

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