Think it was AO3 but maybe not. Rough synopsis-post war vibes AU where Hermione/reader is a professor at Hogwarts Snape is in charge of brewing everything for the castle infirmary and the PMS/period potion is delayed and either Hermione or reader is sick and he goes and takes care of her and he calls her either “my witch” or “his witch” or something like that
I am going crazy and trying to find this for the past week
(Alright just want to preface this by saying my sister is my ride or die and I love her so much. I always thought we were so close and this really just feels like a betrayal of my trust and I don’t know what to do.) so like the title says my 35f sister 27f has been saying basically since she graduated college that she and her husband 28m are broke. Like they have always complained about not being able to go shopping like they want or go out or whatever and they ALWAYS say “we are just so broke you know?” my husband 36m and I accepted that as fact and so did everyone else in our lives.
My parents pay for her stuff all time (think taxes, car repairs etc) and whenever we meet up for family dinner they always take/are given basically all the leftovers because “they are so broke”. Like basically all their furniture in their rental house came from my parents. My parents paid for their wedding and his parents paid for their honeymoon. My sister also has always been kinda stingy when gifting for others (complained about having to buy a $20 LEGO set for a nephew but asked for a $500 perfume for Christmas). Personally, I have always gotten them generous gifts because a) she’s my sister and b) I kinda felt bad for her. Also gift giving is my love language but I digress.
She recently told me that she and her husband are not in fact broke at all. They have no debts (and no they weren’t paying off student loans or a house or a wedding. They never had any debt to begin with). My sister has been saving half of her paycheck and they now have a nice chunk of money in savings and in retirement accounts(like 6 figures). And she continues to go on about how they have all this money and that she knows that my parents think they are broke and when they just offer to pay for her stuff and she accepts it. And when I asked her why does she say she is always broke, she said because her and her husband are on a strict budget so when she spends all the money for food or fun or whatever category then there is no more money per say so they are “broke” because they are out of money to spend for that month. I thought they were literally living paycheck to paycheck. I was absolutely stunned and didn’t know what to say so I just kinda nodded along and let her carry the conversation elsewhere. I feel like she and her husband have been taking advantage of everyone’s good will especially my parents (and probably her husband’s parents too) for years! This has just really left a bad taste in my mouth. Do I say something to her? To my mom? I don’t know what to do and I feel sad and lied to? Is this a thing people do? I get not wanting to flaunt your wealth but I feel like constantly saying you’re broke and accepting money from others is different? Maybe I am off base here and this behavior is normal.