Well, first of all, I have to tell you that I grew up with my cousins and I think we were five or six girls and we grew up in a grandparents house. When I say grew up, I mean we spent seven years there and the age difference between us wasn’t so big so you know we grew up as a part of one small community. Then we went to different schools and universities and now they’re in different countries and a year ago one of my one of them wasn’t a very difficult financial situation and the only option she had was to ask for some help from me and the other cousins. Normally I will be honest with you, I don’t lend money and especially when I’m not really familiar with person but this month this was my cousin’s right and this is a situation where we can pretty much say that blood is sicker than water. When he told me about his problems, I trusted him because we grew up together and I lend her some certain amount of money. I didn’t give her a deadline on that because I know that’s a problem she is. She in where quite a dramatic. I gave her time, didn’t bother her and give her the money she needed and she actually returned it a couple of weeks ago and we had phone call. I was quite relieved because she told me that she had finally solved all of her issues. This story was a reason to be happy for me because I like helping people in general even so I don’t really like giving out money that much which was this was a practical situation because this was my cousin and you know she’s very we have a very special bond between each other so I trusted her and yes that’s a moment when I helped my family member.
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Well, first of all, I have to tell you that I grew up with my cousins, and I think we were five or six girls, and we grew up in our grandparents' house. When I say grew up, I mean we spent seven years there, and the age difference between us wasn't so big, so we grew up as part of one small community. Then we went to different schools and universities, and now they're in different countries. A year ago, one of them was in a very difficult financial situation, and the only option she had was to ask for some help from me and the other cousins. Normally, I will be honest with you, I don't lend money, especially when I'm not really familiar with a person. But this was my cousin, and this is a situation where we can pretty much say that blood is thicker than water. When she told me about her problems, I trusted her because we grew up together, and I lent her a certain amount of money. I didn't give her a deadline on that because I know that her situation was quite dramatic. I gave her time, didn't bother her, and gave her the money she needed. She actually returned it a couple of weeks ago, and we had a phone call. I was quite relieved because she told me that she had finally solved all of her issues. This story was a reason to be happy for me because I like helping people in general, even though I don't really like giving out money that much. This was a practical situation because this was my cousin, and we have a very special bond between each other, so I trusted her. Yes, that's a moment when I helped my family member.
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