Money Moral Dilemma: Should I pay my parents interest?

JimmyTheWig

happyinflorida wrote: »

No they lied about taking the money out of their pension - so they were not losing £60 a month income at all.

I understand that's what came to light later.
But those were the conditions under which the loan was taken.

Goldiegirl

happyinflorida wrote: »

I posted this question to the weekly question - as that is what I read each week. I don't go on the forum very often and am not familiar with it.

At least it explains how MSE Nick comes up with all these moral dilemmas

moneyistooshorttomention

I don't see the point of why people are still discussing the loan aspect of this - that looks to be over/dealt with etc one way or the other and no longer relevant.

To me - it looks as if the poster is trying to work out in their own head just how bad their parents were (past tense = with one dead and one in a home with Alzheimers).

I would say "Forget the whole money bit". The question is how OP reconciles herself with having had what were obviously rather dishonest/hypocritical parents and the fact that they had an upbringing (by the sound of it) with never having anything new for themselves and, I assume, generally kept short of necessities (???) when there was no need for it (ie because there WAS enough money to cover them by the sound of it).

To me - it looks like the issue is "Forget the past (inc. that loan) and its a question of how to reconcile oneself to having been brought up to live by one standard, whilst the parents themselves weren't doing so by the sound of it".