Reading about other people’s financial disasters and situations is something I enjoy doing from time to time. The lessons that can be learned is a constant reminder that shit just happens. Sometimes the person is at fault, while at other times they seem to be the victims of the bad choices and behavior of either their significant others, family members or friends.

‘He won’t evict him’: My husband told me to pay for his tenant’s rental expenses. He said, ‘You offered to help.’ How do I tell him to take care of his own affairs? – MarketWatch

Here is a recent situation from a writer looking for help from Quentin Fottrell, who is editor of giving out financial advice via The Moneyist column on MarketWatch. The person writing in is in a situation where she feels forced to help pay for items in a trailer rental that belongs to her husband. Because the renter is one of those renters-from-hell ordeal, she’s having to pay for things a lot. The husband, according to her, is not only not paying her back the full amount of items that she had to buy but also demanding that she continue to help him even though his income does not contribute to the bills of their own home.

Like, what the fuck? Granted, all situations are unique and there’s always more to the story than meets the eye. Taken at face value, though, what the fuck ever happened to being responsible for the shit that you own? Also, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the writer is obviously allowing her husband to take advantage of her if she continues to purchase items for a rental property that she has no ownership in. She blames the renter-from-hell for causing damages and whatnot, but again, that is not her responsibility. Simply saying that you’d “offer to help” doesn’t mean one wants to take ownership of the entire problem, nor at the expense of one own’s detriment. Why that such a hard concept to grasp for many?

It’s obvious that there seems to be many levels of problems this couple is facing other than just a money issue if it got to this point. If she needs to explain the definition of the word “responsibility” to her husband and if he still disagrees, it’s going to be one hell of a long relationship. Strike one up in the win column for the single guys and girls out there that don’t have to put up with this type of shit. FUCK THAT.