Distant family members might not reach out to you for birthdays, but they will reach out when they need a big favor.
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Family drama is inevitable when you're living under the same roof. What about when you're halfway across the world? Yep, drama happens just the same. You don't have to be biologically related to find common traits. When it comes to thick stubbornness or downright nerve, it seems as though a lot of people have that in common. Sweating the small stuff in family drama is really easy to do, and it's even easier when you're sweating the big stuff.
Maybe, say, being asked to give your barely-there cousin a charitable donation because they're struggling with a 2.8 million dollar mortgage payment after you warned them not to? Especially when you're trying to make ends meet on a meager salary just the same? The man in this story is getting asked to “donate” large sums of money to a financially confused cousin by distant relatives, despite the man warning him that buying the 2.8 million dollar property will dig him into a deep financial crevice.
Despite the man's best efforts, his cousin goes ahead with the purchase and finds that the financial hole is just too big to bear. I wonder who told him that? Continue reading to see what others have to say about his conflicted decision.
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