US EditionAsking Eric: My Drunken Brother Owes Me $5K From Years Ago, and I Want It Back
- The speaker lent their estranged younger brother $5,000 years ago, hoping to support his children, but the brother never repaid it.
- The brother never paid child support and spent $20,000 on rehabs funded by the parents, contributing to ongoing financial strains.
- Although the brother now sends $200 to $300 every few weeks to his divorced 40-year-old niece and places funds in a trust for her 9-year-old son, he has laughed off repayment requests.
- The speaker, partially retired with two children in college, insists on the $5,000 repayment, stating, "Yes, he should pay you $5,000," while feeling disregarded and outraged by the brother's behavior.
- The brother now has stage 4 colon cancer and is in hospice, seeking contact with their unwell mother, which complicates family dynamics and suggests focusing on support over repayment.
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ASKING ERIC: Brothers spar over 35-year-old loan
DEAR ERIC: My brother has children with whom I was extremely close when he and his wife got divorced in 1989. He never supported his kids, never paid child support and drank away everyone’s money, including $20,000 in rehabs that…
Asking Eric: My long-estranged brother is paying people back, but not me
Dear Eric: My brother has children with whom I was extremely close when he and his wife got divorced in 1989. He never supported his kids, never paid child support and drank away everyone’s money, including $20,000 in rehabs that my parents paid for.My brother asked me if he could borrow $5,000, and he would start making payments to pay it back. For the sake of my niece and nephew, I loaned him the money. Unbeknownst to me, my brother was borrow…
Asking Eric: I don’t want to rekindle a relationship with my brother, but I DO want the $5k I let him borrow
DEAR ERIC: My brother has children with whom I was extremely close when he and his wife got divorced in 1989. He never supported his kids, never paid child support and drank away everyone’s money, including $20,000 in rehabs that my parents paid for.
Asking Eric: My drunken brother owes me $5K from years ago, and I want it back
Dear Eric: My brother has children with whom I was extremely close when he and his wife got divorced in 1989. He never supported his kids, never paid child support and drank away everyone’s money, including $20,000 in rehabs that my parents paid for.
Marin Independent Journal
Asking Eric: My brother wants to reconnect. I just want the $5,000.
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The Fort Morgan Times
Asking Eric: Brothers spar over 35-year-old loan
Dear Eric: My brother has children with whom I was extremely close when he and his wife got divorced in 1989. He never supported his kids, never paid child support and drank away everyone’s money, including $20,000 in rehabs that my parents paid for. My brother asked me if he could borrow $5,000, and he would start making payments to pay it back. For the sake of my niece and nephew, I loaned him the money. Unbeknownst to me, my brother was borro…
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