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I'm definately not paying brother's rent!

July 4th, 2006 at 07:49 pm

My brother quit his job last month. He realized about two days after he did that how stupid that was. Especially with not having another job lined up. Rent is due tomorrow, he has a roomate now so at least he doesn't have to come up with all of it. But he has close to nothing in his bank account.

I'd been anticipating the reluctant call from him asking for help. He doesn't like to ask for it (neither do I) but when push comes to shove he does.

Today I was talking to him, asking after his plans for the day, and he mentions that he went and picked up a money order for rent. ?? I asked how he paid rent this month and he explained that some friends of his are over all the time, practically live there, so he told them he couldn't afford rent this month and since they spend so much time there could they cough up some dough to cover it. And they did. Which takes care of this month at least.

There's still his cell bill, which is 2 months past due. I am NOT going to pay for it even though I could just swipe my card.... He didn't ask me to. He's been through this before with them so hopefully they can come to some sort of arrangement.

He has an interview tomorrow with a temp company. Hopefully something will pan out from that. Plus multiple leads that haven't gotten back to him yet.

I'm just glad he didn't ask me for it. And I'm trying really hard to stay out of the deal between him and our other brother. He paid for our middle brothers' wedding and middle brother doesn't bother paying him back with any sort of regularity. Yet middle brother bought a house, has bought new furniture, new appliances, etc. It's not my business so I try to stay out but it annoys the heck out of me.

2 Responses to “I'm definately not paying brother's rent!”

  1. PRICEPLUS Says:
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    Your brother is a big boy and can take care of himself. You are not responsible for his debt or his choices. You have to take care of your bills first. I don't mean to sound cold but your financial well being is important!Smile

  2. LdyFaile Says:
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    You don't sound cold. The reason I helped him out last time was I had borrowed money from him without his knowledge and I felt guilty about it. If I hadn't, he would have had money. But that debt is completely squared, and he now knows about it.

    I have a hard time not playing mom since I was his guardian after mom died. Fortunately, he's very stubborn about figuring out how to make his own way so I'm very proud he's figuring out how to get by in this interim period.

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