What greater hardship can you have as a reason to withdraw your own money?

This money is going to determine how you live in the long run. So if you can deal with short-term emergencies out of short-term resources, that's a better planning approach.

Sometimes they say no because the reason they offered is not considered hardship.

The biggest reason people come in here, believe it or not, is not that they want the money. It's because they want something out of their house or their business.

There will be no money changing hands, ... The reason I don't need to give Ball State University money is each and every night, especially during football season, I'm giving them a million dollars in free exposure.

They totally disregarded my mom's instructions.