"You're allowed to set boundaries and protect your peace," a response to the original poster's Reddit post reads in part.

He’ll have to ask someone else. Anyway, I’ve told him ... Paul needs to learn to be responsible with money and refusing to lend him money might help. Either way, it’s nobody else’s problem ...

he was well within his rights to refuse. One user who backed the OP replied, "She broke up with you and moved on, so she can rely on her new partner or someone else for help. Just because you had ...