Hi I posted on legal advice but was told to post here as well.
I live in Massachusetts in the US. My parents have a huge issue with money. Currently we are 1k behind on the electricity bill and my dad just bought a 4k van to flip it for 5, if not he's going to keep it when he and my mom already have cars. I'm barely legal age and have been working since 16 and give my parents 400 a month. My mom last month spent 1k to get a nose job. My parents always pay minimum on the credit cards. They've since I was little raised me with a huge anxiety regarding money issues, always buying me what I want and telling me we're fine while at the same time mentioning owing so much money. I asked my parents if I could buy a used car and pay it off myself and they went ahead and found me one and I assumed they were going to sign and I was going to pay them back. My mom recently tried to tell me I signed it when I never looked at any single piece of paper regarding the purchase of that car. I found out my Dad forged my signature because I wasn't able to be there to sign for it. This stresses me out so much, its been a year since then and we already sold the car but how many other shady things could they be doing? I remember when I was younger there was a credit card in my name as well. How do I know they haven't been ruining my credit score? I don't know how much debt they actually have since they refuse to tell me and just tell me not to worry about it and they're fine. I don't know if they're even in debt, but I worry about things under my name.
What steps can I take to ensure that I'm protecting myself against these things? I'm lost.
Submitted June 07, 2018 at 10:04AM by rektcon https://ift.tt/2Jh6rOA
