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Viktorija Ošikaitė

“[Am I The Jerk] For Refusing To Forgive A Debt That Will Cost My Sister A House?”

When someone you know, like a family member, is in a financially tough spot, it might feel natural to help them out. This can bring people closer together when times get hard. But when it comes to loaning the money, things get slightly more complicated as the chance of seeing it ever again plummets. 

Reddit user AmIGreedy12 found herself at risk of losing the $37K that she loaned her now-late mother. To try and save it, she pushed her sister to repay it, even though it meant leaving her without a home. This stirred quite the drama amongst the family, which led the Redditor to turn online, asking if she was acting greedy.

When a family member is in a financially tough spot, it might feel natural to help them out

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