India, Jan. 1 -- A 25-year-old Singapore man has opened up online about feeling trapped in a cycle of financial strain, saying repeated requests for money from his father have wiped out years of savings and derailed his plans for the future.

In a post shared on Reddit, the man said that he has been supporting his family since his polytechnic days and is "tired of how broke my family is and how it's hindering my future". "I can never save up for anything in my life without losing it all to some big bills," the man wrote.

He shared that his parents are divorced, he lives with his father and two younger siblings, and his mother provides child maintenance and allowance for the children. His father, he wrote, has been working as a private-hi...