Dad cut off his son’s college funds over a major change, now expects his financially stable son to bail him out of debt, but he refuses: ‘I said no. I explained [he] neglected me at a time when I needed him most’

• AITH for refusing to financially help my dad after he cut me off in college?

  

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• All those lectures about grit and independence? Now starring as background music for the request to float overdue bills. There’s a clear pattern here, like a board game with rules that get reprinted every time someone loses. Calls to swallow old grudges are as common as those expired coupons in a kitchen drawer. Even the family’s guilt specialist is clocking overtime.

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• There’s something comforting about the predictability of this whole situation. The same people who wouldn’t co-sign a student loan now want a co-signer on their late‑stage tab. Everyone’s supposed to forgive, forget, and slide into the role of family financier, right on cue. 

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