- Our child won a Premium Bonds prize - should they share it with their sibling?
- Should we give my in-laws the flight cancellation compensation we claimed?
- Should my daughter claim Universal Credit?
- Should I pay Mum back after she replaced my gift to my aunt without asking me?
- Should we sign our child up to a free book scheme when we can afford books?
- Should we ask our daughter and her boyfriend to start paying us rent?
- Should I claim compensation from the woman whose dog knocked me off my bicycle?
- Should I borrow to help my husband pay off his debt?
- Should I give my child money for a property as I gave the others wedding money?
- Should I pay more towards our household costs?
- Would I be stealing my brother's inheritance by caring for our mum?
- Should I ask my friend to pay for charging his electric vehicle at our house?
- My daughter delivered a wedding cake an hour late - should she fully refund?
- Should my friends gift my only child more money since they each have two kids?
- Should I refund my friend for the personal training sessions she cancelled?
- I loaned my friend £1,000 and she isn't paying it back - what should I do?
- Should I split my job referral bonus with the friend I referred?
- Should we buy a second-hand gift for our young relative?
- Should I keep the perks from my grandma's bank account?
- I resold a dress I bought in a charity shop - should I share my profits with them?
- Should us bridesmaids have to pay for the bride to attend her own hen parties?
- Should I keep the delay compensation I got for the train ticket I expensed?
- Should we still give our son £1,000 instead of a puppy?
- Should I go back to the supermarket that didn't charge me and offer to pay?
- Should I get my fence fixed and bill my neighbour after he messed it up?
- Should I keep the money I won playing a charity lottery?
- Should my husband's friends help pay his parking fine?
- Should I ask my ex-fiancée if I can have the engagement ring I gave her back?
- Friends cancelled our reunion at short notice - should they pay for my hotel?
- Is it wrong to buy cheap clearance food when we could afford to pay full price?
- How much should I pay towards the holiday home I've rented with two couples?
- Should I share my 'free' £50 voucher with my partner?
- Should I help pay my boyfriend's travel costs if we move further from his work?
- Should my son ask for another pay rise on top of his recent one?
- Should we cease contact with our daughter's ex-husband who owes us money?
- Should my husband stop lending money to his parents?
- Should I pay to have the bike my ex-husband got our son serviced?
- Should I tell the previous owner of my home he's due a council tax refund?
- My daughter's selling clothes I got her - should she have offered them to me?
- Should my partner pay towards furnishing and decorating my new house?
- How should my wife deal with sharing meal costs at her new job?
- Should I tell my friends I get tax relief from our combined charity donations?
- Should I complain about a prize that's worth less than was advertised?
- My son wants me to give him £40,000 even though he doesn't need it - should I?
- Can we uninvite people to our postponed wedding to save money?
- Should my son share the insurance payout from his mother's hospital stay with her?
- I'm helping my partner avoid the high income Child Benefit charge - should she be paying it?
- Should I accept an expensive birthday present from my boyfriend who owes me money?
- Is it OK if I choose to sell something to a woman rather than a man?
- Should I have bought my wife a second Christmas present, as her first one was free?
- Should I tell my daughter she needn't have me over next Christmas if it's too expensive?
- Should I give my old neighbour some money for the council tax refund he got us?
- Should my eldest child split their Child Trust Fund savings with my youngest?
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Money Moral Dilemmas | The archive

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Every week, we feature a Money Moral Dilemma in the Money Tips email. Got a Money Moral Dilemma of your own? Suggest an MMD. Here are the dilemmas of the last few years:

-🔹- 2025 -🔹-
- I booked a trip with a friend but her fiancé won't let her come - what do I do?
- Should I refuse to pay for the ongoing costs on our deceased father's house?
- A fire at my house damaged my neighbour's place - should I pay for the repairs?
- Am I short-changing myself by letting my stepmother live in my house for free?
- Should our four-year-old child pay for her own extracurricular activities?
- Should I pay half the Stamp Duty on the house I'm buying with my boyfriend?
-🔹- 2024 -🔹-
-🔹- 2023 -🔹-
❓❓Wondering which were The top 10 Money Moral Dilemmas of 2023? Find out in MSE Kelvin's blog.----
- Should I pay my colleagues £500 for looking after their house and cats?
- Should we give our children from other relationships gifts of the same value?
- Should I pay more towards my partner's bills than my own?
- Should I refuse to pay the service charge when eating out?
- Should we leave our golf club and rejoin later to get cheaper membership?
- Should I pay my colleague for the ticket I thought she'd given me for for free?

- Should I ask for money if people charge their electric cars when they visit?
- Should I get a Disabled Person's Railcard when my condition doesn't affect me?
- Can I keep some of the cash from selling my daughter's christening present?
- Should I pay more towards a holiday with my boyfriend who earns less than me?
- I'm a rail worker – should I report my friend for dodging fares?
- Should I give my cheating ex his half of a council tax refund?
- Should I challenge my daughter's school over pricier uniform with logos?
- My son's friend borrowed his bike and it got stolen - should his parents pay?
- Should we return to the restaurant to pay after being evacuated from it?
- Should I pay for the window and gutter cleaning I wasn't told about?
- Should we pay for my eldest stepdaughter to go on holiday with us?
- Is it fair I pay to repair a leaking water pipe that only supplies our neighbours?
- Should we use the builder who messed us around on the quote?
- Should my partner contribute more to household bills as he works from home full-time?
- Should I pay more for our holiday because it's one my partner won't like?
- Should I buy my family gifts when I go on holiday as they do for me?
- Should we change our wills following our daughter's death?
- Should my husband pay back the Child Benefit we're losing following his pay rise?
- Is it unreasonable to ask my friends to pay me for taking them to the pub?
- Is it OK to use a surplus food app to buy cheap food even though I'm not struggling
- Should I keep the refund I was sent in error for my damaged barbecue?
- Should my friends who can't make our whole holiday still pay the full amount?
- Should I claim on my friend's car insurance for the accident I was injured in?
- Should I ask my friend to help pay to clear the drain I think she blocked?
- Should I give some of the money I got in my stepfather's will to my mother?
- Should I report my colleague for not telling payroll he's been overpaid?
- Should I pay for a full funeral just because one of my children wants me to?
- Should I save up child benefit to give to my children when they're older?
- Should I return the duplicate order I received after bad delivery service?
- Should I tell HR that I'm now able to approve my own work expenses?
- Is it wrong to invest my children's savings in a property for them?
- Should I share the cash I get selling the hand-me-downs my friend gave me?
- I bought a second-hand TV - should I use previous owner's streaming services?
- Should I tell my relative about my lottery win from a ticket she got me?
- Should we ask the bride & groom to help with the cost of attending the wedding?
- Is it wrong I don't want to adopt the cat I feed and have to pay vet bills?
- Is it OK to sell items from pound shops online for a profit?
- Should my partner pay more towards bills as they earn more?
- Should we report neighbours who are in the 'wrong' council tax band?
- Should I keep the rewards for a broadband package I couldn't sign up to?
- What should I do with the money overpaid for the Christmas party I organised?
- Should I take legal action against my daughter?
- Should I use the birthday present I got my friend?
- Should we keep splitting restaurant bills with friends that have kids?
- Should I pay less after friends gave me a worse room at our New Year's getaway?
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-🔹- 2022 -🔹-
- Should I replace my flatmate's fancy bowl - even though she told me not to?
- Should I send Christmas cards to my partner's family who don't send them to us?
- Is it OK to get my friend something for Christmas that's on sale?
- Should I still put up my Christmas lights display given the energy crisis?
- Should I ask my friend to pay me exactly what she owes for tickets?
- Should our friend cover the deposit we lost after he pulled out of our house share?
- Should our son pay us for the fuel we use when we babysit our grandchildren?
- Our friends' wedding is smaller than ours, so should I get them a smaller gift?
- Is it fair for my parents to penalise me for not having children?
- Should we walk away from the window fitter who won't fit our windows?
- Should I ask my friend for money after he sold the car we gave him?
- Our neighbour is selling clothes we've given them - should we say something?
- Should my friend pay his ex back for the phone she got him as a gift?
- Should I tell my lodger he's using too much water and energy or increase his rent?
- Should I return the 100+ stamps that Royal Mail sent to me by mistake?
- What should I do with the lottery ticket I found in a charity shop coat?
- A building firm hasn't invoiced me for shoddy work - should I chase it up?
- Should I use my work perk towards household food shopping, or keep it for myself?
- Is it wrong to make money from clothing I'm morally opposed to wearing?
- Our son got a £20,000 payout for an accident - should we focus on saving for our other kids?
- Should someone who earns a decent wage use food banks?
- How much should my partner pay towards our holiday?
- Should we keep evenly splitting restaurant bills even though we don't drink?
- Can I keep using my NHS discount card even though I've left the service?
- Do I need to keep chasing someone I owe £1,000 to?
- Should we pass on any of the £400 energy bill grant to our tenant?
- Should I give my brother a better power tool after I broke his?
- Should we leave our friend out of rounds at the pub?
- Should I get my brother a cheaper cupboard and use the money saved to pay for fuel?
- I'm crashing on a mate's sofa - can I tell him to stop eating my food?
- Should we pay for charging our electric car at other people's homes?
- Should I sell a dress back to the seller for the same price I paid?
- Should we pay less for our holiday because our friend got cashback for booking it?
- Should I ask for my daughter's school-leavers' celebrations to be cheaper?
- Should I leave different amounts to my grandchildren in my will?
- Should I ask my dad's wife to pay me for my house plant?
- Is it wrong to buy and sell on a lamp that may be worth more than the owner thinks?
- Should I keep the voucher I got for my holiday booking?
- I bought a friend gig tickets as a gift - should they have invited me?
- I put in a much bigger deposit - but should we split the property equally?
- Should my friend split the speeding fine I got?
- Should I ask the bride-to-be for my money back?
- Is it OK to claim free food to feed my guinea pigs?
- Should I charge my boyfriend rent, even though I don't have a mortgage?
- Should I stretch my budget to have an expensive holiday lunch with my friend?
- Should we pay for my fiancee's family's accommodation at our wedding?
- Should I ask my gran for a new birthday cheque?
- Should I let my son buy yet another toy with his birthday money?
- Should my mates pay me back for Glastonbury tent booking?
- Should I offer to pay part of my friend's parking fine?
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