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When a parent keeps a one-sided ledger of missed calls and past financial help, the debt is built to be unpayable because it is denominated in life choices, not money. Drawing on Haines and Schutte’s meta-analysis on conditional regard, Nahid Fattahi’s concept of sacrifice debt, and Lüscher and Pillemer’s work on intergenerational ambivalence, this exploration unpacks why 29% of adult children are reminded of past support—and why engineered indebtedness actually destroys the gratitude it demands. Episode 6568 — myweirdprompts.com/n/6568 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/141691) Listen on Android: MWP FM Player — myweirdprompts.com/apk