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In reply to the discussion: Why Poor People Stay Poor [View all]Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)Some in my family will make you pay emotionally if they help you.
One family member in particular will respond to every religious Tom, Dick and backwoods preacher who asks for money. He donated a ton to Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign, for example.
In other words, when Ronald Reagan called and sent manipulative, plaintive letters begging for money, the dolt was happy to write checks. Didn't have a problem with the begging.
If any family member needs help from him? Heaven forbid. They are scum of the earth for "begging."
If I were in hell, I wouldn't ask him for a sip of water.
A lot of my family are insufferable snobs. They give to charity and brag about it, but a family member in need is only pure embarrassment and shame.
How dare that family member be poor! No one in "their" family should be poor, but they will be sure to shame them, ignore them and do their part to ensure they remain poor.