Money has a strange way of shifting the dynamics of relationships, especially when those relationships are with the people closest to your heart. We like to believe that family is everything, that we’d sacrifice anything for the ones we love.
But when those sacrifices are taken for granted—when those you hold dearest use your support as an opportunity for personal gain—the wounds left behind aren’t just emotional. They’re deep, lingering, and hard to mend.
Financial hardship is tough enough on its own, but betrayal by someone you trust—someone who’s supposed to have your back—hurts in a way that no sum of money can explain.
