04-13-2016, 01:49 PM
(04-13-2016, 01:40 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I agree with your entire post, except the bolded. If God gives me a gift that allows me to make millions, my family wouldn't have to ask. I'd buy a modest home for all my close family members who have struggled. Family should always come first. That doesn't mean I'd sit there and pay out 10k a month or anything silly like that, but if you're capable, I do believe you should help the people who raised you or helped you on your way up.
Now if you have 3rd cousins asking for money or anyone starts hitting you up all the time, that's when you have to have some sense about it and cut them off.
I completely agree on the "close" family members. I brought up the "$10k per month" because it was part of a conversation I had with my friend on Sunday. He said the one particular player has made almost $11 million in his career, but has less than $2 million in the bank and very little to show for it. That the guy has girlfriends, cousins, and everyone else in the world that he sends money to and just won't understand that he can't do that or the money will be gone.
