{"id":74085,"date":"2024-07-24T13:58:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T06:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=74085"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T06:58:18","slug":"my-dad-wants-me-to-save-my-stepbrothers-life-but-i-dont-want-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/my-dad-wants-me-to-save-my-stepbrothers-life-but-i-dont-want-to\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dad Wants Me to Save My Stepbrother\u2019s Life, but I Don\u2019t Want To"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know that mixing money and family often results in an explosive combination. Sometimes the situation arises when someone needs to borrow money from you, but you know it\u2019s like throwing it into a bottomless pit. But at the end of the day, all you want is to keep your pockets safe and your family relationships in harmony. This story made us wonder… What matters more: love and loyalty to family or personal growth?\n\"\"\n

My mom and I moved out of our house and into an apartment, while my dad immediately moved his mistress into our house because she was pregnant with my twin brothers.\n

My mom was devastated, but she quickly picked herself up for the two of us. She went back to school, and, as a result, she continued climbing up in her career. My mom adjusted better to going from a double-income household to a single income and was able to contribute a substantial amount of money to my college fund.\n

My dad, on the other hand, had a harder time as he now had to support a family of four on a single income as his wife was a stay-at-home mom. My dad did not have much disposable income and did not contribute as much to the fund.\n\"\"\n

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Unfortunately, my\u00a010-year-old stepbrother was diagnosed with kidney disease and must undergo dialysis. My\u00a0dad is\u00a0drowning in\u00a0medical debt, so\u00a0my\u00a0mom agreed that he\u00a0should no\u00a0longer pay my\u00a0child support.\n

The specialist suggested a\u00a0different treatment for my\u00a0brother, as\u00a0most other treatments did not help or\u00a0stopped working, and they are running out of\u00a0options before a\u00a0transplant (not feasible at\u00a0this time). This treatment is\u00a0not covered by\u00a0insurance and costs a\u00a0lot. My\u00a0dad can\u2019t borrow money because of\u00a0his debts.\n

My\u00a0dad got a\u00a0second job on\u00a0weekends, and his wife homeschools the kids and takes care of\u00a0my\u00a0brother full-time. My\u00a0dad\u2019s family disowned him when they found out he\u00a0had cheated on\u00a0my\u00a0mother. Still, he\u00a0got some help from his brother and sister, but they can only help a\u00a0little. His wife doesn\u2019t have much family, so\u00a0I think coming to\u00a0me\u00a0was his last option.\n\n

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I really don\u2019t want to give them the money because I know that if I don\u2019t get any scholarships, then I won\u2019t be able to go to the college I want without going into debt. My future would be at risk and I know my dad won\u2019t help me. So, I decided to call my mom.\n

She got off work early and picked me up at Dad\u2019s house. She took me out for coffee and I explained what happened. After talking a bit, she said I could keep the fund and not give the money to Dad, or we can take the money Dad contributed all these years and give it back to him. I told her I wanted to give Dad back the money.\n

After we finished our coffee, Mom withdrew the exact amount Dad had put in over the years, and she also matched the amount and added it up to give it to Dad.\n

I waited in the car while she gave Dad the money, and he was upset because the money was not enough. Mom told him that\u2019s all he was going to get from us and threatened to take him to court if he and his wife continued to disturb me.\n\"\"\n

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Lastly, I would feel bad if something happened to my brother \u2014he is just a little boy\u2014 but I would like to help him with MY OWN money, and I can only do that if I start my career debt free. I also don\u2019t want to risk my future.\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all know that mixing money and family often results in an explosive combination. Sometimes the situation arises when someone needs to borrow money from you, but you know it\u2019s like throwing it into a bottomless pit. But at the end of the day, all you want is to keep your pockets safe and your …\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":74096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moral-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74086,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74085\/revisions\/74086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}