<prompt> Human: Hi guys,Im going to purposefully keep the story a bit vague, but I do think youll get what Im saying and I just need a few emotionally independent, grounded people to share my thoughts with:My 28 year old brother recently came back home Europe after spending a few years abroad. He managed his personal finances there in a form of paycheck-to-paycheck, but he managed.Hes home now, because he cannot stay any longer not his fault, just the way the temporary work visum process works, but he has absolutely nothing to his name, hes almost completely broke.He shares a house with another brother and has been paying rent for the last few months since he was supposed to be back home a few months earlier. The other brother is just starting his professional life and cant manage on his own yet, which is why he decided to share the house even though we warned brother 2 . Besides that I think my parents have been paying part of that rent for at least 2 months already.Which opens up problem nr.2: he has a debt with my parents. I dont know how much it is, were not open about that, but I dont expect it to be more than EUR 5.000, and likely to be a lot less.I also believe my parents will be supporting him for at least the next few weeks. I dont know the financial situation of my parents, theyre retired and living on another continent, but I assume hope they can support him without jeopardizing their own finances.Enter me: I have a high salary job and work a lot for it, live on my own but manage to save a lot of money every month compared to my peers. I dont have any financial concerns and live a relatively frugal life, causing me to be in a very good position. While I have a personal code of NEVER giving a loan to a sibling or friend, since I believe this only leads to heartache, I do feel like shit because of my brother his situation.I love my brother, we get along well enough. I could support him, but I dont believe it will help him in any way or cause him to realize his mistakes. I know theres only way for him to solve his problems, and that is to get any job and start working, start saving, start paying back the debt with my parents.Luckily for him I think the debt with my parents is his only debt, but in the end I do feel somewhat responsible for my brother, as Im the eldest child. I think the only thing I can try to do is to help my brother get his feet on the ground by being there for him, offering advice, helping out in any way except financially and trying to make him realize that a 28 year old man needs to stop acting like a 21 year old who wants to travel the world for a few years.What do you think? Am I being rational here?  <response>: I know theres only one way for him to solve his problems, and that is to get any job and start working, start saving, start paying back the debt with my parents. This. Youve answered your own question perfectly. 