I'm upset with my old man for falling for obvious scams and losing his money. Caught him the first time, only for him to fall for another scammer with the same bs. Swore he's not giving them money only to come to me months later and ask for rent money, found out he's been giving away his money to them, thinking he's getting rich or whatever. Got mad and explained to him the scam, blocked the people scamming him, showed him article on how it worked, only to find him unblocking the scammers and still messaging them. He even tried to hide it at first and delete the messages right in front of me. Got pissed off at him, swore I'd never give him money again even for rent, and haven't spoken to him since. We keep our conversations short at best. He hasn't been giving money away anymore (not that he could after how broke he is now), and I get that he's old and vulnerable but still. How could you ignore my advice the first time, not learn from your first mistake, and keep giving away money FOR MONTHS and keep it a secret from everyone? Then have the balls to beg for rent and not even try to explain what happened without me snatching your phone and scrolling through your transactions and chat history? Even worse, he was always cautious of scam calls and deals, lived frugal, and warned me to do the same, and now he went and did a 180... I can't forgive him for this... he lied to everyone in his family for months, didn't trust me (his own son, the only one that knows about modern scams and get rich quick bs) with anything other than go bail him out, and trusted a scammer again instead... I don't even know what advice I'm asking for at this point. I lost all faith and trust in him.
