long story short, my mama got caught up in what was the DC 80s drug epidemic. It got bad for her quick.

sidenote: i got like ~14 younger bros and sis. all younger. abt 7 on each side (mom/dad). i know/knew all but one on each side (i got a sister by my dad that's not to much younger than me, but we have never met or spoke - i know her mama name, that's it).

but the brother on my mom's side: given up for adoption because he was born w/ drugs in his system. we all knew his name, always mentioned him at random moments, but never knew him or where he was.

got an aunt who is heavy on the ancestry shit. she found him.

very quickly my bros and sis on my mom's side got w/ him, threw him in the group chat, planned a meet-up, etc.

this nigga tho.

already asking for money. like each of us individually. nigga asked in the group chat for $13 so he can get food. my lil sis said i gotchu, but i had already asked for his cashapp info. do you know this nigga texted me directly and said " already spent the money i needed, so anything you send i'm gonna spend on weed".

BRUH.

like, i always appreciate honesty and upfrontness, but this nigga ain't abt to use us for money.

so that's where we at. supposed to meet-up collectively next month for my gma bday (she's boosted af, btw), but we worried this nigga only trying to use us.

what to do? how to handle?

(i didn't respond in a timely manner to the initial direct texts. then the nigga texted back and said he needed money for "diapers". i sent $20. fuck it, worse come to worst, i can charge $20 to the game. this nigga didn't even say thank you.)

my other bro talked to him one-on-one and said that dude has been through some shit, which is not hard to believe, but where does that leave us as the long-lost siblings? not our responsibility to make up for lost time, right? esp if it involves money, right?! my sis made a great point in saying that we empathize, but this nigga need to know that we all single parents and ain't tryn to add another bill.

just not sure how to handle him or the situation.

wanted to vent abit.

love y'all, hope all is well w/ you & yours-

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