Grew up poor in the south, basically the first in my family to start investing, even though my mom keeps saying it’s gambling. Proud but I can’t take my foot off the gas until a million.
I think my portfolio is alright overall but open to criticism.
In my case, I got a car during college with all the money I had saved up. It was my dream to have something of my own and after never getting a cake or a gift for my birthday, it was a gift to myself and I also let my 2 brothers use it since we went to the same college so it was a win win.
I parked it at home over the summer since I was doing an internship across the country and thats when things went downhill.
I came back and found out that it got totaled by my sister (who I was not aware had alcohol issues since my parents hid it from us), and my mom somehow committed fraud and ran off with the insurance money with zero concern for how it would impact me. This wasn’t the worst offense - but I blame myself since this happened 10 years ago at the age of 20 when I wasn’t a minor anymore. This was my last straw and I haven’t helped financially or visited since, which I would do often during my first and second year of college.
Anyone can relate dealing with a toxic family member?