Best Advice Ever.

Ask the Readers: How to Cope with Socially Obligated Spending? ∞ Get Rich Slowly:

"Stop caring what other people think. It’s that simple. It frees up your life (and money) in spectacular ways."

From a thread talking about how to deal with spending incurred from familial and social obligations. You can read it in depth if you want more evidence of how just amazingly screwed up families can be.