“So that leads us to the question we’ve been grappling with: When providing financial assistance to a family member, is it fair to say the money comes with constraints on how it is spent? Or, is financial assistance an exercise in unconditional love?”
He could always pay off her bills or whatever himself, rather than give her the cash. Or say sure, but the money is going to a financial planner so you can be more self sufficient.
Or, give her the money out of shame and penance for embarrassing her in public like he did in this article.
Surely his grandma is no longer living and this is a fictitious story!
He goes on to talk about a friend who is giving money to siblings. No way in HECK would I continually fund a sibling’s bad spending habits.
My sister is learning this with her grown daughter who insists that her parents continue supporting her LUXURIOUS lifestyle even after she marries in a few months.