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My cousin and her husband seem to be in dire financial straits recently, and she has become withdrawn and doesn't pick up my calls or reply to my texts except with a few terse words. She is a very physically attractive woman (with extravagant tastes) and has been mollycoddled and given vast amounts of attention throughout her entire life. I don't know how well she can handle stress, especially since she has apparently been on anti-depressants for a few years since her daughter was born. She is also in the habit of dodging responsibility and often prefers to avoid the issue rather than tackling it, and to compound this I worry that her husband (though I do not have any evidence) might be doing illegal things... She recently asked me for a loan. However, I am a college student sent to this country because of my academic failings in my home country. I am far from rich and this money is my middle classed father's, not my own that I earned. She asked me to use some excuse to withdraw money (which is specifically for school fees), but I refused and asked her to directly ask my father if she needs a loan. And since she is for some reason intimidated by my father, she didn't. This seems to have caused a rift between us. I really can't lie to my parents to lend her money (and I probably won't get it back) but I don't know how else to help her than to provide a listening ear, which makes me feel extremely guilty. Please help! Sorry.

Close relative in trouble

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You did the right thing. You need to worry about yourself not about your cousin. & I guess she didn't need the money that bad I'd she couldn't ask your father, & don't assume things, that's bad and could lead to worse things

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