[–] PotatoFarm 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago
Wow, poor guy. $350,000 is a seriously nice amount of money to have at such young age.
Oh well, I'm glad he is over it and is doing well on his own.
[–] ScreaminMime 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
She must have been playing Gemcraft...
[–] Grospoliner 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
This is as shameful as that couple whose grandkid sold their house out from under them.
[–] neveragainfatty 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Any money lent to family or friends should be (secretly) considered a gift once they have taken the money and used it. If the gift gets returned you will be surprised and happy. If not, then it probably cost you less than $50 to get rid of that person.
Edit: Of course I feel shame, so I don't spend money flagrantly until I pay them back.
[–] AmaleksHairyAss 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
There are a few very common reasons for this type of behavior.
We'll never know what happened here, but the moral to the story is if someone ever keeps asking you for money completely cut them off (no matter what they say) and offer only emotional support. in this particular story the "selling insurance" thing sets off my alarm bells. When I was young and naive and desperate for any job I was nearly roped into selling out my friends and family in the form of selling them insurance.
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[–] BottomLine 1 point 46 points 47 points (+47|-1) ago
"That is a beautiful diamond necklace, my friends will be so jealous!"
"I deserve this, because I pushed him out of my vagina."
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[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
She sounds like a gambler. She probably told herself that she was doing it all for his own good and that she was helping him out really. Plus, look at the timeline: She probably lost all his money in the 2007 global downturn.
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[–] Clbull [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I don't get her thought process behind this either.