She’s Refusing To Use Some Of Her Leftover College Fund To Help Her Sister With Special Needs
It’s no secret that money issues can tear a family apart and cause lots of drama.
One woman is dealing with a lot of drama within her family after refusing to use some of the leftover money in her college fund to help pay for her younger sister’s special needs.
When she was 14, her parents divorced, and her father married her stepmom, Josie, three years later. After a while, her dad and Josie had her half-sister, Melody.
“Melody has several severe special needs, both physical and mental,” she explained.
“Melody is still a child, but the medical specialists helping her agree that she will likely need around-the-clock care for her entire life.”
Because of Melody’s medical needs, Josie quit her job as a middle school teacher to care for her every day, and her dad works all the time. As a result, they’ve been under a lot of stress, and having to take on most of Melody’s care has been weighing them down.
Recently, now that she’s a college graduate, they’ve been asking her to pitch in and take care of Melody part-time so Josie can return to work and have a life outside of being Melody’s caretaker.
However, she has two reasons for refusing to care for Melody. First, she has consciously chosen not to have kids because she doesn’t want to be responsible for another human being, including her little sister. Second, she already works full-time and needs to keep her current job in order to provide for herself.
Since she’s refused to do the physical work to care for Melody, her dad and Josie figured she should contribute something else – money.
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Her mom put aside a substantial college fund for her that she’s now in possession of. She went to a local school and didn’t spend much money during her college years, so now there’s a decent amount left in the fund. Her mom granted her permission to put the money toward whatever she wanted.
“My dad and Josie know about this fund,” she said. “They obviously have no access to it but are asking me to give them some of the funds in order to contribute to Melody’s care and [hire] a home nurse.”
Her dad and Josie think she should give them money from her college fund since she’s refused to help them with Melody in other ways. She told them she wouldn’t give them her money and tried reminding them that Melody is their child and not her responsibility, but they’ve grown hostile.
“My dad and Josie finally accepted my answer but told me that they would ‘remember this’ in case I am ever in a situation where I need help,” she recalled.
Now, a bunch of Josie’s family members have been contacting her and telling her she’s cold. They’ve said she’s disappointed her parents and is breaking their hearts.
Should she give her parents some money for her sister, or is she right to keep it for her future responsibilities?
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