I'm 39 and have never asked my family for [i]anything[/i], but this past year I bit the bullet and asked my mother for a loan to help me get out of Texas.

My father taught me early on to work for what I wanted.
He never gave us any allowance, but if we did chores (painting, laundry, mowing the lawn) he’d give us a few dollars.
He said when we earned money, we could do what we wanted with it.
When I was 14, I wanted a tennis racquet which cost $65 (a lot in those days)....so I bought it.
My father told me he thought I was foolish to spend that much money for a tennis racquet.
I replied “Maybe, but it’s my money and I can get what I want with it”.
He smiled broadly, knowing that I had learned the lesson.

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be....”
-William Shakespeare, “Hamlet"

I’ve never asked them for anything, I pay my own way always been like that since I was 16,

Not borrow but plenty of family wants piece of my wallet.

You mean if I borrow from them? Or give them money and expect payback?

I have never borrowed from my friends. However, at my mother's insistence, my brother and I received our inheritance early, prior to her death, with the understanding that we would pay the cost of her nursing home using that money.

There should be mandatory prison sentences for family members that beg other family members for money

Never. Been on my own for many years. Have my own bank accounts for home and my business.

I don't. I use my own bank account.

I have never borrowed from my family or never got any handouts!

Never..they borrow from me!

Absolutely never.

never

Often