how do you approach someone about their money situation when youre younger than them?
my mom is NOT a good budgeter, basically she doesnt know how to adult at all. she needs me to remind her to take her pills every morning, do her laundry, eat properly..etc
she blows through cash faster than a hooker.
my mom suffers from severe mental health disorders , anxiety and agoraphobia
my mom and her wife divorced after 15 years , my mom received 30,000$ from the house ,
anyways my mom couldnt live in the same city as her ex so she up and moved down south to toronto area, in this small little town of like 300 people, very cute place
anyways, i asked my mom for 2000$ because i knew she was going to blow her entire 30,000$ and i stashed it in my bank account and send her 500$ a month,
but i also pay for her netflix, and cellphone bill, and bought her cellphone.
the only bills she has are internet, 30$ a month, and rent 650$ her total bills are 680$
my mom receives disability and cpp, (canadian pension plan) in 2 paychecks per month adding up to 1800$
which means after bills she has
1120$
THAN TO TOP IT OFF i give her an additional 500$
i have no idea what the fucking fuck shes spending the extra money on
but she comes up to me every month round the 15th explaining how fucking broke she is , how she doesnt have money for smokes or food.
i have set her up with a caretaker who i pay for out of pocket, who drives her to grocery store, the doctor etc. ...her medications are paid for by disability, and her food per month cannot be that high, she eats terrible dont get me wrong but junk food is fucking cheap
i keep trying to tell her we need to be able to work together to work on her budgeting and money management skills so she can properly have money for everything she needs but she refuses to listens and tellsme to fuck off basically.
