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- A woman accepted over $4,000 from her boyfriend to help cover medical bills, planning to repay it on time
- Over months, he began using the debt to control her choices and monitor her spending
- Now she worries the support has turned into financial control
Money has a way of complicating even the most well-intentioned relationships.
What started as help through a tough time slowly shifted into discomfort for one Reddit user who accepted financial assistance from her boyfriend during a health crisis.
“About 8 months ago I (29F) had a pretty bad health scare that turned into months of appointments, tests, and a treatment plan that my insurance only half covered,” she wrote in a post.
“I was working but I’d…