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Smart Spending Foiled
So...
Just found out something that is slightly disturbing.
My SO is exceptionally frugal. He cares a lot about having clean finances and good credit. He takes very good care of his money and invests it wisely. He's good at it, too.
But some in his family are not as careful. He has a brother that steals money out of their father's bank account. They keep confronting him about it, the activity stops for a few months (or he's more careful about veiling it), and then it comes up again a few months later. He's not going to stop. So my SO keeps loaning his dad money because the brother keeps depleating the dad's bank account.
Over the last two years my SO has been nickeled and dimed out of $8.5K.
And it doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon.
Something needs to happen, and I feel the sooner the better. This brother is still in his 20's, seems like a good age to stop the trend now...
Any advice on how to approach this tactfully and honestly, without bruising family bonds, would be appreciated!
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