Don’t Let Them Manipulate Your Feelings

DAVE SAYS: Don’t Let Them Manipulate Your Feelings

Dear Dave,

Our daughter is 27, and she’s been married for three years. We’ve been helping her and husband financially quite often the whole time they’ve been married, and we’re afraid this isn’t going to end anytime soon. They both have decent jobs, and we don’t have any idea where their money goes.

Lately, they have even tried to guilt us into giving them money by saying they’re afraid if we don’t help them that our granddaughter might have to go without things. We’re not sure how to stop this behavior. Do you have any ideas?

— Danielle