Throwaway here for privacy reasons.
I'm 22F and started saving heavily a few years back. Long story short, my family is really dysfunctional and I knew a day would come where I would need an out. At 17 they sent me to conversion therapy and that lit a fire under my ass to have a plan B.
So for a few years I put all my savings, internship/school refund checks, etc. in VOO and that grew now to about $50k. Nobody knew about this.
Until now.
Just now my father called me to his room saying he found the statement, and asked where all the money came from. He didn't sound mad, just curious.
But I'm SO pissed because I have had e-delivery checked for everything in my mail preferences (I even checked just now), for this specific reason. WHY Vanguard decided to mail me an account statement after all these years, I don't know. And just my luck that my dad found and opened the mail.
Just hoping he doesn't tell the rest of the family. I feel incredibly uncomfortable with anyone in my family, including my dad, knowing how much I have. Jeez, I feel guilty for even hiding things in the first place.
That's all, just a quick rant.
Anyone else have an experience where family members find out your financial situation despite trying to hide it? How did you feel/handle it?
original posted by ThrowawayCoderDunks to r/personalfinance on Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:54:05 GMT.