Helping out Nieces and Nephews

diamond321 · February 22, 2010, 6:58am

I have a good friend who I found out has been through quite a bit in her life, having grown up without a father, who abandoned her mother when she was a baby. Her mother had to take care of her on her own, and the mom still doesn’t make much, so the daughters really try to work on their own to help out, and are in process of being educated.

Anyway, the time will come near when they’ll be on their own two feet and they will be able to take care of their mother.

However, my question is why did the mother’s relatives not help out more when they knew the family was having such problems? This poor girl has family around here, but they apparently don’t help her out at all. She’s a friend of mine, so if she needs a car ride, I’ll take her. But I get annoyed, because I feel like her family members, like cousins in the area, should help her out.

If my nephew or niece had to work at night at some retail store to make ends meet for their family, and I had money, I’d pitch in and help them out so they could focus on their education. I would go as far as to buy them a car, and such if I needed to.

How far would you go to help out a family member? How far would you go to help out a family member of your spouse’s?

PCG I am in the same boat . I can tell you no one really comes to help. From my blood relations only and only my parents helped me they were with me through out and they are still with me. I have uncles and aunts too but nobody helps. Everyone can say nice and kind words because they don’t cost anything but no one really helps.

As far as how far would I go ? I had this aunt of mine who got divorced and was uneducated. However , she had great knitting skills. Me and my parents were on our way to help her out by buying a knitting machine but before that she got a good proposal and that money along with some more added money was used to pay for some shaadi expenses.

Good for you that you help your friend . God will reward you for it. But I tell u it’s a mean world and when you are in a difficult situation and needs help most of the people you always thought are your own and would help you just turn a blind eye and ignore you.