"I love my adult daughter, but I can't stand the person she has grown up to be. She is entirely self-centered, selfish, and materialistic. She is obsessed with status and fakes a wealthy lifestyle, but turns around and demands that her mother and I pay her bills. It has been a constant problem since she went to college and fell into a fast crowd."
"My ex gave our daughter an old but paid-off car. She promptly traded it in for a flashy, expensive one-and couldn't keep up the payments. She called and demanded that I take them over, or she is going to lose her job and apartment. I told her that wouldn't be possible. My wife and I are in the process of adopting two of our foster kids. We can't afford to take on more debt."
An adult daughter is self-centered and obsessed with status, faking a wealthy lifestyle while demanding that her parents pay her bills. She traded a paid-off car for an expensive model, could not keep up payments, and demanded that a parent assume the debt to avoid losing her job and apartment. The parents are adopting two foster children and cannot afford additional debt. The daughter accused the stepmother of trying to steal her inheritance, used foul language about the foster kids, and said she would never consider them her real siblings. She refused counseling and financial advice. Many people with financially disastrous twenties come to their senses in their thirties.
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