# Mom, spend your money on someone else.  Please!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-spend-your-money-on-someone-else-please/475409>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 2, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-spend-your-money-on-someone-else-please/475409 "2008-12-02T22:00:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-spend-your-money-on-someone-else-please/475409/41 "2008-12-04T01:52:33Z")

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Sorry I wasn’t clearer. I was only saying once you recognize that someone is trying to manipulate you, (by refusing to hear ‘no’, for instance), you gain awareness. And that awareness frees you from being manipulated by them. If they succeed anyway, your awareness also gives you some ownership. That’s all.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-spend-your-money-on-someone-else-please/475409/42 "2008-12-04T01:56:35Z")

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> [@elbows](#):
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> Sorry I wasn’t clearer. I was only saying once you recognize that someone is trying to manipulate you, (by refusing to hear ‘no’, for instance), you gain awareness. And that awareness frees you from being manipulated by them. If they succeed anyway, your awareness also gives you some ownership. That’s all.

Ah! Gotcha. Thanks for explaining.

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