My entitled parents demand that I pay $15,000 to my brother so that his postgraduate education can be paid for.

But after I said I couldn't do that, they then came back at me and said that any money they were saving up for my future wedding was now going to my brother and his schooling.

And right now, I feel like I'm being punished for not giving in to my parents' demands.

And at this point, I seriously don't know what to do. Okay, so I've been financially independent since I graduated college. I worked practically full time while studying, recently paid off my student loans on my own, and just started saving to buy a home. I didn't apply to grad school because I couldn't afford it. And our parents made it pretty clear growing up that we needed to

stand on our own after high school. My brother's a 22 year old male and he is honestly a genius.

He worked really hard in school, got a full academic ride to a great state school and graduated

with honors. And I'm so, so proud of him. The problem now is that he recently got into an

extremely prestigious grad school that would open a lot of doors for him. He problem now is that he recently got into an extremely prestigious grad school

that would open a lot of doors for him. He was hoping for scholarships or a paid internship to

cover most of it, but it's not enough. And now he's facing tuition and housing costs in one of the

most expensive cities in the country. Well, my parents asked if I could help out and suggested I

contribute around $15,000 to get him through

the first year. They said they would match it and then he would take out loans for the rest. But you know

what? I said no. I've been working for over a decade on my own goals and I'm just now starting to

save for a house. I don't feel comfortable putting that on hold, especially when I had to turn

down opportunities

because there was no help available to me. During the conversation, my mom got frustrated and

said that they would be using my other fund to help him instead. I asked what she meant, and she said

they had set aside about $25,000 for me back when I was in college. And apparently, this was meant

to be used for a future wedding.

I was completely blindsided. I had no idea this fund existed. I asked why I wasn't told about it

when I was considering grad school or even now while I'm saving for a home. She said it was always

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