Abby is struggling with helping her best friend, Celia, who is in a financially draining relationship. While she cares for Celia, she feels used and exploited after funding a movie outing instead of essential needs. This dilemma explores the limits of friendship and the difficulty of setting boundaries when helping someone becomes a burden.
After asking to borrow money for food and using it to buy movie tickets instead, Abby suggests to today's reader that she no longer support her friend's relationship financially. I think the world of “Celia,” my best friend of 25 years. She has been there for me through many major ups and downs in my life. She is beautiful inside and out, well-educated and works hard. Celia has been in a five-year relationship with an old friend I’ll call “Vince.” I think he is a nice guy, but not for her.
He has no desire to do better in life, doesn’t provide for her and lives off her money. Vince barely works, and his time is spent out and about enjoying himself while Celia works two, sometimes three, jobs. Now Celia’s physical health is suffering, and so is her mental health. Vince has a kid who sometimes stays over, and when they run out of money, Celia asks me to help cover them. She sees nothing wrong in this and wants to have a child of her own with him. I have had many talks with Celia, but they go nowhere. I’ve helped with money a few times and she always pays me back. But recently, after she asked me for money for food for the three of them, I learned they went to the movies instead. Now I feel used. This is just not OK. I no longer want to give her money to cover a grown man’s responsibility. I’m not sure how to tell her I can no longer help out with money.
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