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Benefit from My Financial Mistakes

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My parents scrimped and saved for years to send my brother and I through state university. Parents typically want their kids to do better than they did, and often try to help out. Over the years, I made it pretty plain that I was going to stand on my own two feet and not accept parental help. I picked the wrong college major.

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How to Say No When a Sibling Asks for Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We are raised by parents to be nice to our brothers and sisters, to care for them and about them and to share with them – after all, they are family. She has not been able to pay the real estate property taxes on your parent’s house (which she inherited) and has come to you for help. Only 1 day left.

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