Money Moral Dilemmas
Every week, we feature a Money Moral Dilemma in the Money Tips email.
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should we drive my mother-in-law over when she doesn't pay towards petrol?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My mother-in-law, 80, wants to visit me and my spouse. All of us are retired. My mother-in-law doesn't drive, and it's an 80-mile round trip to collect her and take her home again. In the past, she hasn't offered to pay towards petrol, and while she's not short of money, she…
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Money Moral Dilemma: When should I tell my son I can't afford for him to go to a private school?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My ex has registered our son for a private school entry exam and told him he can attend if he does well. He then informed me that, if our son gets in, he'd expect me to pay half the fees. He knows I'm already stretched to the max financially - even if our son got a…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I ask my lodger to pay more rent because she regularly has guests?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I have a lodger, and she largely has my house to herself as I'm often away. I have several security cameras that she's aware of, and on reviewing them, it's clear she often has guests over to stay. While I'm not happy about having random people in my home, she's otherwise…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should my partner pay more towards bills to cover his children in our new home?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My partner and I are looking to move in together. He has three children from a previous relationship who will live with us part of the time. We both have the same deposit to put towards our new home, but he's suggested he pays more of the mortgage and owns a larger percentage…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I approach my friend's family about the money she owes me?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I loaned a friend a significant sum to help her out. We agreed on a date for her to pay me back, but when it arrived she said she didn't have the money and got upset when I asked why. She then paid half back, but I've heard little from her since. She has family she could…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should my housemate who works from home pay a greater share of the rent?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I live in a house-share and while I'm at work six days a week, my housemate works from home. Our landlord wants to put our rent up due to the increasing cost of bills, which are included in our rent. While I'm rarely home, my housemate has a fan or the heating on every day,…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should my friends share the cost of my holiday speeding fine?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... While on holiday abroad with three friends, we hired a car. We were in a country notorious for being strict on speeding, so we were extremely careful to obey the limits. However, coming down a hill, I slipped over the limit. There were police with a radar gun waiting, and…
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Money Moral Dilemma: We're funding our child's wedding - do we get any say in how the money's spent?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My ex-partner and I have offered to fund most of our child's wedding. While we're only too happy to do so, we're a little concerned about how the money's being spent, with a significant amount going towards luxuries like a tattoo station and mixologist, rather than towards…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I give my neighbour the cash I made from selling their railings?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My neighbour asked me to demolish and dispose of their patio wall with decorative iron railings. I did it as a favour and payment wasn't discussed. I took the rubble to the tip, but the railings wouldn't fit in my car, so I listed them on an auction website for 99p just to…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should my sibling compensate me for handling our parents' estates?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My sibling and I lost both parents, who were separated, in quick succession. My sibling lives overseas and has been great moral support, but hasn't been able to help with the huge amount of related admin. We split the inheritance equally and paid for flights from the shared…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I give my nephew £10,000 now even though he'll likely fritter it away?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... Following a small inheritance I received four years ago, I gave my niece £10,000 towards a house deposit. I want to do the same for my nephew, her brother, but his life's very different. Although he's 29 he's not saving for anything in particular, and his parents say any…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I pay my sister half the money our deceased father gave me?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... A few years ago, my father gave me £30,000 to help pay off my mortgage. My sister agreed with the arrangement, and I signed a piece of paper to say that I'd received it. My dad's now died and, once probate is granted, my sister wants an extra £15,000, or half of the £30,000…