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Originally Posted by tweezers74
Dilemma: my sister asked me to co-sign for her on a new townhouse that she wants to rent. I can BUT, my sister doesn't have the best of money management skills, hence the need for a co-signer. She is 37 has a good job but has asked me in the past year and a half if she should file bankruptcy and when I told her she should stop going on trips and going out to bars before she went down that avenue, she hung up on me. Let's just say my sisters don't treat me so nice. Soooooo, I am kind of hesitant to sign for her. I know I will experience the wrath of my sister but I feel like I need to watch out for me and my boys this time around. I guess you can call me the nice sister that gets treated like poop. I have loaned her money before just to hear she asked money from my father for the same thing. And of course, I have never seen any money back.
Sigh. I guess reading this, I shouldn't.  |
My brother is 2 years older than me and spends his money before he has it. When he was 23/24, he barrowed a good 20-30k from my parents because he was in a hole. Then his worthless POS father in-law convinced him to file bankruptcy. All his debt was forgiven and he assumed he didn't have to pay my parents back. Currently I rent the apartment my parents have and my brother went through a divorce and lives at home with them for free. On numerous occasions have stated that he should get the apartment because he is older. My dad and I laugh at him a lot now and treat him like a child because he acts like a 16 year old with his parents credit card. We are all trying to get him back out the door and on his own. It's a huge up hill battle because he is a huge burden on them and doesn't even give them a hand around the house.
Point of this story, similar situation and if my brother would ask me to co-sign, I would give him a big fat N.O.! He still asks to borrow money from my parents here and there, they just laugh at him and say no chance. The sad thing is, he doesn't get it. Hence why my dad and I talk to him like he is a kid.