Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If this isn't a troll, I'll bite. I am a SAHM with much more modest hhi and DH gives me $$ to do with what I want each month. This is not for regular items like clothes, but more for things like frivolous purses or spa days or travel with friends. I actually put a decent amount of it away into a savings account. NBD if I decided to give that $ to my brother -- it's already gone in DH's eyes.
OP here. I just brought up getting a set dollar amount per month. I said 5k. I did not bring up my family. I said I want to be able to save it or buy a purse or treat my friend on a trip.
It does not cause fights but I have a childhood friend who is recently divorced. I wanted to travel with her and DH did not want to cover her plane ticket. He was fine with paying for my hotel and my friend stay with me. When she first moved into an empty apartment with tears. I would have loved to gift her a couch or something. DH said no.
I think I am just more generous with others. DH will take turns treating friends to drinks or dinner but that is the extent of it.
You are irresponsible with money.
I'm guessing she's not and he's imaginary.
OP must be smokin hot to have had that job but think like this. I'm guessing OP is pharmacy sales rep and DH is a doctor (who notoriously are kind of squirrely with money, hence would notice the $100 gift card with a $1M salary).
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If this isn't a troll, I'll bite. I am a SAHM with much more modest hhi and DH gives me $$ to do with what I want each month. This is not for regular items like clothes, but more for things like frivolous purses or spa days or travel with friends. I actually put a decent amount of it away into a savings account. NBD if I decided to give that $ to my brother -- it's already gone in DH's eyes.
OP here. I just brought up getting a set dollar amount per month. I said 5k. I did not bring up my family. I said I want to be able to save it or buy a purse or treat my friend on a trip.
It does not cause fights but I have a childhood friend who is recently divorced. I wanted to travel with her and DH did not want to cover her plane ticket. He was fine with paying for my hotel and my friend stay with me. When she first moved into an empty apartment with tears. I would have loved to gift her a couch or something. DH said no.
I think I am just more generous with others. DH will take turns treating friends to drinks or dinner but that is the extent of it.
You are irresponsible with money.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are too generous, and I don't mean that in a good way. Your friend who was recently divorced in an empty apartment - you want to buy her a couch?? How about being over takeout and a bottle of wine, and help her carry the Craig's list couch up the steps. I have a friend who is very wealthy, like 20 million in her trust fund, and I would not have appreciated such grandiose acts of generosity. And where does it stop? Your parents, brother, friend, what if a cousin loses a job, are you going to pay their rent for 2 months? It seems like your concept of giving is divorced from reality.
I do not want to turn this into a church topic. My parents worked at a church. My parents don't have money but they have a lot of friends. Our family friends have always been very generous with us.
Most of our friends are doing well financially minus my parents, brother and one childhood divorced friend. DH and I both went into lucrative professions so our friend circles do just fine financially. We know lots of trust fund babies. We mostly pay our share and that is fine. I do not think I am overly generous. My friend had a tough year. I wanted to do something nice for her. She is my oldest dearest friend. If I was earning 20k, 200k or 2 million, I would have wanted to do something for her.
Then get a job to pay for it all. You are giving away and spending absurd amounts of money.
I admit I spend a lot of money. My first boyfriend was very rich and spoiled me rotten. I worked in finance and my spending habits were quite normal. I have friends. who spend insane amounts of money. I know it doesn't sound like it on an anonymous forum but I am the down to earth one.
I do not give away much. DH bought a property. The rental income from the other tenants cover my brother's expenses so DH is not really spending much on my brother at all. He drives my mom's old 10 year old car. We can absolutely afford to buy my brother a new car.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are too generous, and I don't mean that in a good way. Your friend who was recently divorced in an empty apartment - you want to buy her a couch?? How about being over takeout and a bottle of wine, and help her carry the Craig's list couch up the steps. I have a friend who is very wealthy, like 20 million in her trust fund, and I would not have appreciated such grandiose acts of generosity. And where does it stop? Your parents, brother, friend, what if a cousin loses a job, are you going to pay their rent for 2 months? It seems like your concept of giving is divorced from reality.
I do not want to turn this into a church topic. My parents worked at a church. My parents don't have money but they have a lot of friends. Our family friends have always been very generous with us.
Most of our friends are doing well financially minus my parents, brother and one childhood divorced friend. DH and I both went into lucrative professions so our friend circles do just fine financially. We know lots of trust fund babies. We mostly pay our share and that is fine. I do not think I am overly generous. My friend had a tough year. I wanted to do something nice for her. She is my oldest dearest friend. If I was earning 20k, 200k or 2 million, I would have wanted to do something for her.
Then get a job to pay for it all. You are giving away and spending absurd amounts of money.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP - Does your brother qualify for HEAP, Food Stamps, etc.? Do you and DH claim your brother as a dependent for tax purposes?
Yes, he collects food stamps (gets the EBT card filled per month) and a small housing stipend.
He gets a housing stipend when he has a fully paid for house? That sounds fraudulent.
Another Red Flag in this story.![]()
My brother would be homeless without us. He used to live with my parents and my parents were struggling financially so a social worker helped my brother get disability benefits. The housing stipend was calculated based on his share of my parents' home expenses. It was causing my parents too much stress as they aged and had health problems of their own.
DH is technically my brother's landlord. There is a lease. We also have other tenants.
My brother would have been placed in a group home. This broke my heart so DH found a solution.
Your post makes no sense. NO housing stipend from a social worker/gov't is based off of estimated costs of living with your parents. He doesn't need a 20,000 car. He may have been better off in a group home with supervision and services.
Have you filled out social security disability paperwork before?
It asks if my brother works. My brother has never worked one day in his life. We pay for his car, phone, utilities, etc. None of these are under his name. He does not earn income.
Yes, I used to do it professionally and I did it for a close relative whom we care for as well, only we don't complain about it or make it a drama as you. Your post keeps making no sense. There are two types of disability, one with a work history and one without. Without the pay is very low, but you do get medicare. Given his disability, he should be getting medicaid, food stamps, utility assistance, rental assistance and more. Max benefit is $733. http://www.ssdrc.com/disabilityquestions3-69.html
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are too generous, and I don't mean that in a good way. Your friend who was recently divorced in an empty apartment - you want to buy her a couch?? How about being over takeout and a bottle of wine, and help her carry the Craig's list couch up the steps. I have a friend who is very wealthy, like 20 million in her trust fund, and I would not have appreciated such grandiose acts of generosity. And where does it stop? Your parents, brother, friend, what if a cousin loses a job, are you going to pay their rent for 2 months? It seems like your concept of giving is divorced from reality.
I do not want to turn this into a church topic. My parents worked at a church. My parents don't have money but they have a lot of friends. Our family friends have always been very generous with us.
Most of our friends are doing well financially minus my parents, brother and one childhood divorced friend. DH and I both went into lucrative professions so our friend circles do just fine financially. We know lots of trust fund babies. We mostly pay our share and that is fine. I do not think I am overly generous. My friend had a tough year. I wanted to do something nice for her. She is my oldest dearest friend. If I was earning 20k, 200k or 2 million, I would have wanted to do something for her.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP - Does your brother qualify for HEAP, Food Stamps, etc.? Do you and DH claim your brother as a dependent for tax purposes?
Yes, he collects food stamps (gets the EBT card filled per month) and a small housing stipend.
He gets a housing stipend when he has a fully paid for house? That sounds fraudulent.
Another Red Flag in this story.![]()
My brother would be homeless without us. He used to live with my parents and my parents were struggling financially so a social worker helped my brother get disability benefits. The housing stipend was calculated based on his share of my parents' home expenses. It was causing my parents too much stress as they aged and had health problems of their own.
DH is technically my brother's landlord. There is a lease. We also have other tenants.
My brother would have been placed in a group home. This broke my heart so DH found a solution.
Your post makes no sense. NO housing stipend from a social worker/gov't is based off of estimated costs of living with your parents. He doesn't need a 20,000 car. He may have been better off in a group home with supervision and services.
Have you filled out social security disability paperwork before?
It asks if my brother works. My brother has never worked one day in his life. We pay for his car, phone, utilities, etc. None of these are under his name. He does not earn income.
Anonymous wrote:You are too generous, and I don't mean that in a good way. Your friend who was recently divorced in an empty apartment - you want to buy her a couch?? How about being over takeout and a bottle of wine, and help her carry the Craig's list couch up the steps. I have a friend who is very wealthy, like 20 million in her trust fund, and I would not have appreciated such grandiose acts of generosity. And where does it stop? Your parents, brother, friend, what if a cousin loses a job, are you going to pay their rent for 2 months? It seems like your concept of giving is divorced from reality.
Anonymous wrote:You are too generous, and I don't mean that in a good way. Your friend who was recently divorced in an empty apartment - you want to buy her a couch?? How about being over takeout and a bottle of wine, and help her carry the Craig's list couch up the steps. I have a friend who is very wealthy, like 20 million in her trust fund, and I would not have appreciated such grandiose acts of generosity. And where does it stop? Your parents, brother, friend, what if a cousin loses a job, are you going to pay their rent for 2 months? It seems like your concept of giving is divorced from reality.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP - Does your brother qualify for HEAP, Food Stamps, etc.? Do you and DH claim your brother as a dependent for tax purposes?
Yes, he collects food stamps (gets the EBT card filled per month) and a small housing stipend.
He gets a housing stipend when he has a fully paid for house? That sounds fraudulent.
Another Red Flag in this story.![]()
My brother would be homeless without us. He used to live with my parents and my parents were struggling financially so a social worker helped my brother get disability benefits. The housing stipend was calculated based on his share of my parents' home expenses. It was causing my parents too much stress as they aged and had health problems of their own.
DH is technically my brother's landlord. There is a lease. We also have other tenants.
My brother would have been placed in a group home. This broke my heart so DH found a solution.
Your post makes no sense. NO housing stipend from a social worker/gov't is based off of estimated costs of living with your parents. He doesn't need a 20,000 car. He may have been better off in a group home with supervision and services.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP - Does your brother qualify for HEAP, Food Stamps, etc.? Do you and DH claim your brother as a dependent for tax purposes?
Yes, he collects food stamps (gets the EBT card filled per month) and a small housing stipend.
He gets a housing stipend when he has a fully paid for house? That sounds fraudulent.
Another Red Flag in this story.![]()
My brother would be homeless without us. He used to live with my parents and my parents were struggling financially so a social worker helped my brother get disability benefits. The housing stipend was calculated based on his share of my parents' home expenses. It was causing my parents too much stress as they aged and had health problems of their own.
DH is technically my brother's landlord. There is a lease. We also have other tenants.
My brother would have been placed in a group home. This broke my heart so DH found a solution.
Your post makes no sense. NO housing stipend from a social worker/gov't is based off of estimated costs of living with your parents. He doesn't need a 20,000 car. He may have been better off in a group home with supervision and services.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP - Does your brother qualify for HEAP, Food Stamps, etc.? Do you and DH claim your brother as a dependent for tax purposes?
Yes, he collects food stamps (gets the EBT card filled per month) and a small housing stipend.
He gets a housing stipend when he has a fully paid for house? That sounds fraudulent.
Another Red Flag in this story.![]()
My brother would be homeless without us. He used to live with my parents and my parents were struggling financially so a social worker helped my brother get disability benefits. The housing stipend was calculated based on his share of my parents' home expenses. It was causing my parents too much stress as they aged and had health problems of their own.
DH is technically my brother's landlord. There is a lease. We also have other tenants.
My brother would have been placed in a group home. This broke my heart so DH found a solution.