I FEEL SHAME: I am 62 and had to borrow $500 from son to survive this month

62 is a tough age - you've just come out of Saturn return.

I supported my mom for a little bit and I felt good to help in some way.

Your son loves you. Which is the greatest blessing.

Be thankful you have a good son, and may God bless you with many good grandchildren.

I do that every month. I give my parents money to help every month. It’s a thing here. Especially now that my father died and they cut in half his pension that my mother takes.

id give the moon for five minutes with my dad again. Dont feel shame. Humanity has forgotten Acts 4:32. We've been blinded or something i dont understand.

Where do you work at?

My dad mid seventies.... I’m buying him a house. I have to. And I want to.
If he acts like he’s shamed, I’m gunna get his girlfriend over from thailand for a holiday, to slap him for me.

No shit.
He better not come the fucking sook. No one wants to hear it.

You had a kid who can help you...and then did... you should feel immense pride.

Don’t grovel about and bung on bullshit, because you’re realising how frail your situation is.

No human alive could have planned for what modern leaders were allowed to do to all of us.

Go slap yourself and harden the fuck up.

I would do whatever I could for my dad. Even give my own life to save his. Either of my parents I would do this for. I don't even have to ponder that for a nano second!

This came to mind at reading the title but then i wondered if someone feeling real shame post about it here...then i started wondering about the wonderful variety of Homo Sapiens here HEY These pretzels are sticks wonder whats making me thirsty then

Don't be hard on yourself, everything will be alright.

God Bless. Recently I feel same myself!

Have you ever voted Democrat?

Look at what money does to families. This dynamic is not healthy.

The "borrowing" of $500 should not be an issue, not even slightly. The spreading of that money from child to parent should be as natural as the paying for school by the parent. Its about who has money in the family, and when.

Take away the money factor entirely and imagine the situation as it really is. The money has become too prominent a symbol in the psyche, it has interrupted the "family" circuit.

Same :'(


OP there is no shame in asking for help from family

more common than you think

This is where western society went wrong. Kids are suppose to take care of elderly parents.

I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope things turn around for you.

Things are tough. I became a widow in my 40’s and with the high prices, I’ve been having to borrow money from my parents to pay the bills. There is literally nothing else I can rid off. I don’t have cable, a tv, never go out. I work full-time, work really hard and barely have money for groceries.
Never feel ashamed of needing help. Especially now with the high prices.

Being self sufficient from 18+ was a Madison Avenue lie, and in 2022: impossible

Hang in there

Amen. I've been fortunate to be able to work two jobs and provide for my family, but yes, it gets tougher and tougher every year. I wish I could help my children more while they are in school but it's a near impossibility. I hope they appreciate what I've done for them to this point and will continue to help them as much as I can.

is OK ...AGGIES will GIG/BEAT their axx next year in the SEC..WHOOP!