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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is something else going on?

[b]Because if we had a second home[/b], we would let friends and family use it when we weren't there, and if we knew they wouldn't trash it. Two very important criteria! For us it's not that anyone contributed or not (what a strange thought!), what's important is that they don't damage the house or furnishings. So if the dog is going to scratch up the floors, then no. If the kids are going to smear stuff on the walls, then no. But if it's a nice family who will clean up after themselves, then why not? It's the nice thing to do, pandemic or no pandemic.

If you really want to stick it to them, you could ask for a donation for upkeep or something...
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You negated your entire post with that phrase, and you sound like a user yourself.  Hard pass. [/quote]

Pp you replied to. We're an immigrant family who sends money overseas to relatives we've never even met, PP, because they didn't get the opportunity to leave the home country. So we don't have a second home, but we do believe in helping family. If some relatives are obnoxious or irresponsible, of course, that's another story, like I said, but if they're nice enough, why not be kind? Why do people have such a grasping, me-me-me mentality? [/quote]

We have lots of immigrant friends who are constantly hit up for increasing amounts of money for all sorts of people, stories, urgent needs, new degree programs, etc.  The people in the homeland think money grows in trees in America and the roads are paved with gold. Black market jobs (or W2 reported income jobs) cash remittances to India, Pakistan, Central America are in the billions per year.  Huge % of those countries’ annual GDP. They can’t allow that to stop. Economic migration and wage arbitrage is their American dream. And the money asks won’t stop. [/quote]

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