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[quote=Anonymous]Suppose you were financially very well off and had done a good bit to support family members in need. One certain family member, though, just cannot get their act together financially and spends frivilously. You have offered them assistance with therapy, job hunting and coaching services etc. but they just want a blank check.

They approach you, yet again, for support and you've finally had enough, so you put your foot down. In response, this family member creates a very public gofundme about all of their trials and travails and suggesting in subtle but obvious enough ways that family has not been supportive.

Your inclination is to ignore all of this, but you've done a great deal to build a reputation in your community and this GoFundMe is starting to get back to people in your personal and professional circles. It makes you look uncharitable and cruel to family, but you would rather not go through the backstory of your family drama with your circle.

Would you just continue to ignore it all and hope that it washes over?

Not too dissimilar from what happened to football player Bo Jackson, but less of a public profile.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/bo-jackson-awarded-21-million-georgia-blackmail-stalking-case-family-m-rcna138236
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