Dear Abby: My 43-year-old daughter keeps asking family for money
A 43-year-old mother repeatedly asks family for cash while refusing offers of financial help and counseling.
DEAR ABBY: My 43-year-old daughter, “Patti,” a mom of two from different dads, is constantly in financial difficulties and periodically asks family members for money. Her live-in boyfriend earns a good living but is no help beyond paying the rent. Their partnership allegedly exists only for the kids’ benefit. The two school-age daughters attend private school. The boyfriend’s older son (by another mom) is away at college.
We have noted a pattern of frivolous spending -- including fancy birthday parties, hairdos and clothes for the kids, along with plastic surgeries for Patti.