I'm 25, married, 2 kids, rent. We have soaring medical bills and have been behind on several other unrelated payments. Sprint (worst m-fckers out there) decided they want to shut off our phones, with no grace period after going past due. we've been with them for 4 years and they have no interest in working with us.

Anyway, after much deliberation I decided to ask my dad for $200 to avoid service interruption. He complied, but I don't know how easy it is for him to spare that much, and my 'rents always want to help, and would never indicate that it's a big sacrifice. What's more I explicitly divorced their lifetime ideology a couple years ago, leading them to look unfavorably upon my lifestyle, politics, everything else. It sucks to show dependence on them when I detached myself from everything they value.

I don't really mind how I come across, I would mind it if it was hard for them to give/lend money (they won't ever let me pay them back). But like I say, they never show that it's a sacrifice, so there's a large degree of uncertainty. Has anyone else had to ask parents for money? How did they respond? How did you feel about doing it?
burnable Reviewed by burnable on . asking parents for money I'm 25, married, 2 kids, rent. We have soaring medical bills and have been behind on several other unrelated payments. Sprint (worst m-fckers out there) decided they want to shut off our phones, with no grace period after going past due. we've been with them for 4 years and they have no interest in working with us. Anyway, after much deliberation I decided to ask my dad for $200 to avoid service interruption. He complied, but I don't know how easy it is for him to spare that much, and my Rating: 5