"So why are we jumping ahead to stealing and not assuming that she is using one of her parents' credit cards?" Photo: Getty

“So why are we jumping ahead to stealing and not assuming that she is using one of her parents’ credit cards?” Photo: Getty

Question: My niece has moved in with us for the duration of the academic year as we live quite close to the university she is attending. She grew up on a farm and the commute is too long for her to do on a daily basis.

I’m happy to help my sibling out, though I would say I wasn’t given much choice. They inherited the family farm and can be quite overbearing to us siblings, something which my wife, who grew up on a housing estate, finds baffling. They take being head of our family very seriously.