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The Ramsey Show Highlights

My 30-Year-Old Brother Is Taking Advantage of My Parents

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Investing, Self-improvement, Education, Business

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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yourself at Xander.com. So I'm the oldest of three brothers. We're all in our 30s, specifically

0:13.8

my youngest brother who just turned 30. He has never financially been independent from my parents. And so, you know, being the baby,

0:24.0

I might have something to do with it, but just ever since he's been in college and have graduated

0:28.8

and is now married, my parents have always financially provided for him, even, you know,

0:36.8

in Bill Life, marriage into his 30s

0:38.4

etc about three years ago my dad sold his company that he worked really really

0:45.8

hard to build built it over about 25 years sold it made some good money and

0:52.8

naturally since that happened asks for money or for financial help

0:59.5

from my brothers, specifically my youngest, have drastically increased. I have expressed my concerns

1:07.1

to my parents that they are getting taken advantage of. They have heard those,

1:13.1

don't necessarily acknowledge those. My dad is an incredibly generous person and actually

1:19.9

would call himself a Dave Ramsey disciple, but he doesn't really, I don't think, see the

1:27.1

fact that he's getting taken advantage of.

1:29.3

For a little more context, my wife and his brother are pregnant, and they are expecting this year.

1:36.4

And I just choose to believe that they wouldn't necessarily be planning to expand their family unless they had a financial

1:45.8

backer in the form of my parents.

1:48.1

And so I just see it coming from a mile away and my parents don't necessarily see it

1:53.9

that way.

1:54.5

I actually,

1:55.0

I don't know my parents understand that what's really happening.

1:59.7

Here's the thing.

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