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to be irritated by the way my sister manages her finances?

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deaconblue · 06/01/2009 11:21

she often borrows money from me and mum and fair enough is on a lower income than me, BUT I'm finding it increasingly irritating that straight after pay day every month she has lots of new clothes, then wants to borrow at the end of the month. She's due a bonus at work which could bail her out of financial strife but my nephew told me yesterday "mummy says we're going to Australia on holiday with the bonus money".
Her money is of course her business if she's not depending on me to bail her out.

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MichaelaS · 08/01/2009 02:31

Absolutely stop lending to her. Be firm. If you would really find it hard to cut her off cold turkey, then lend once more and be clear that it will be the last time. Tell her you can see this has become a habit for her, and you don't think it is helping her when you lend her money, so you will not be doing it any more.

If she is so skint she can't afford food then give her a loaf of bread and some soup instead of cash.

Maybe she could go on a budgetting course - there is a great one called the CAP money course, it's only 3 sessions and it's free. Teaches you how to budget, and i've been using the system for about 8 months and saved a fortune.

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