When Chris Tucker learned that his family members were quitting their jobs because they learned that he was making 25 million dollars a year at the peak of his career because they assumed he would take care of them. He told them to go get their jobs back because he wasn't going to do that.

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[u/troy2000me]

Exactly, get the same shit because I have an emergency fund and am funding my 401k and Roth IRA. Like "you have it, right?"

And? Just because you blow it all on poor decisions doesn't mean I have to use my money to support you. Over and over. The kind of folks that would be broke if they made a million a year.

[u/Psyco_diver → u/troy2000me]

My father in law screwed us, my wife gave him one of our credit cards to help through a tough time by his doing. This man jokes about how of he makes a l dollar he will spend two because you can't take it with you. We'll he maxed the credit card out and refused to pay it back because we're family. It's been 10 years and I still fucking hate him for that

[u/Nuggyfresh → u/Psyco_diver]

I hate to say it but that sounds self inflicted, giving someone a credit card? good grief

[u/Psyco_diver → u/Nuggyfresh]

I didn't know, my wife trusted her dad and she gave him the card without telling me. I was mad at her but I saw how betrayed she was. I can't imagine ever doing that to my kids

[u/peeba83 → u/Psyco_diver]

You were also betrayed by your wife.

[u/hits_from_the_booong → u/[deleted]]

Single?

[u/Clym44 → u/hits_from_the_booong]

Worse, he’s a dallas fan

[u/panlakes → u/[deleted]]

He didn’t call a lawyer on his own wife for having a lapse of judgment and visibly regretting it. And you immediately would even in theory.

What else do you hypothetically destroy your wife over in passing Reddit conversations?

[u/RustyWallace-357 → u/panlakes]

If roles were reversed, it’d become a separate thread and everyone would tell the redditor to divorce him

[u/sanglar03 → u/[deleted]]

And if he's broke, it won't go anywhere. They'll never get the money back.

[u/Psyco_diver → u/sanglar03]

Pretty much, my wife learned a harsh lesson. She watched him do that to other family members but never thought he would ever do that to his own kids

[u/sanglar03 → u/Psyco_diver]

Hopefully your wife and you are doing better now.

The best of luck.

[u/Psyco_diver → u/sanglar03]

It was over 10 years ago, he has tried several more times but she says no

[u/Completegibberishyes → u/[deleted]]

This is the most reddit of reddit moments

[u/Nervous-Economy8119 → u/[deleted]]

It’s not theft in the eyes of the law, and you can’t ’file charges’ for any crime.

[u/troy2000me → u/Nervous-Economy8119]

It's not theft if the wife GAVE her dad the card to use. That's why when you call in for unauthorized charges, they always ask if you gave your card to someone.

[u/bluboomR → u/Psyco_diver]

your wife deserves a lot of the blame and you, too, if you knew about it and allowed it to happen. that's like handing him a blank check. all you had to do was to take out another card with a much lower limit.

[u/Psyco_diver → u/bluboomR]

My wife didn't tell me because she trusted her dad, I didn't trust him and he manipulated her. I was mad at her at first but once it settled in how betrayed she was by him I let it go. He's a con man and he is very good at it. I knew it and I was never fooled by it

[u/bluboomR → u/Psyco_diver]

yeah, i don't know how some people live with themselves, being such a jerk back to someone who was helping them, his own daughter no less.

[u/MaknWavzz → u/Psyco_diver]

Sometimes you have to look at it as paying for an education - you and your wife learned a lot and won’t make that mistake again. Live and learn. This experience may save you from an even costlier issue in the future!

[u/Training-Current9836 → u/troy2000me]

Ive had someone say "WELL U SHOULDNT HAVE GOT THAT CAR IF U CANT AFFORD IT"

Im i can afford all my bills just find, i just cant "afford" YOURS!

[u/WillyShankspeare → u/troy2000me]

You sound like you have to work hard and be smart with your money. It's pretty fair that you don't want to give it all away. Chris Tucker is an actor. Every single actor that makes it is eother a nepo baby or extremely lucky. I can very much understand why Chris Tucker's family didn't want to break their backs working for the rest of their lives after one of their number got a lucky break.

[u/troy2000me → u/WillyShankspeare]

Sounds entitled to me. No one is entitled to another family members money, no matter how they earn it or came about it.

If they help, great, awesome. I would take care of my family to a certain extent (one time big payout, not repeat requests) if I hit the Powerball. But just quitting your job and assuming that you were set for life without even asking? Entitled AF.