75% Of Parents Helping Their Adult Children Pay Bills

[Dirks9901]

Is the 30 year old fox body included in the 5 cars? along with the 20 year old cobra? Come on man.....hahahha

Lol

SVTP never disappoints. I didn’t go through the whole thread but I’m gonna guess its going something like this. Blah blah blah, i had 6 jobs at 8 years old, blah blah blah, i bought a house at 10 while putting myself through college because mom and dad kicked me out, blah blah blah, i make 10 mil a year, blah blah blah, i have a 50 foot dick.


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[Kevins89notch]

Modern society has lost sight of what they actually need to live. When I was in my 20's I needed food, gas, and a roof over my head. The thought of having a $100 phone bill with a $1,000 phone was absurd. Cable TV and internet was a luxury. Computers, laptops, game systems, etc were all luxuries. Big TV's, new cars, nice houses.....all of these things were luxuries. These days people view all of that stuff as a necessity. Society is simply living beyond their means at the moment.

I agree overall. I'm not saying I don't do some of the above, but in terms of financial well being, I'm doing ok.

 

[08mojo]

The last time I asked my parents for help they said I was my wife's problem now.

In my early 20s, I asked my parents to cosign for a car loan. It was the first loan I had ever taken--everything prior had been paid for in cash. As a result of my non-existent credit history, the bank was sticking it to me on the interest rate. If I could get my parents to cosign, it would have cut the interest rate in half. Mind you, I had never asked my parents for something like this and I had been financially independent from them for year. To this day, I can still remember them laughing as they hung up the phone....

 

[Coiled03]

I agree overall. I'm not saying I don't do some of the above, but in terms of financial well being, I'm doing ok.

Everybody does some of the above. You have to find the line between enjoying life, yet not spending what you can't afford. It goes back to one of my favorite sayings: All things in moderation.

 

[Never_Enough]

Everybody does some of the above. You have to find the line between enjoying life, yet not spending what you can't afford. It goes back to one of my favorite sayings: All things in moderation.

Except for HP & TQ.

 

[Coiled03]

Except for HP & TQ.

Touche'

I stand corrected.

 

[Screw-Rice]

Except for HP & TQ.

Says the Miata guy...lol

 

[ssj4sadie]

Except for HP & TQ.

At first glance I read this as TP and I agreed one can never have to much toilet paper.

 

[Screw-Rice]

At first glance I read this as TP and I agreed one can never have to much toilet paper.

I cost shop just about everything, but I don't skimp on TP. Inadvertently shamed some lady, as I was ranting to a friend about cost and how I don't hate myself enough to buy "prison grade" tp. She told me after, the lady behind me was grabbing it and glaring at me as I was ranting, lol.

 

[P49Y-CY]

I do everything I can myself, some things I won't bother. Like the garage springs, my brother got a trip to the ER and stitches trying to change his years ago. I'll pay for that, lol.

Joys of home ownership.
Feel good and splurge on one area of the house to get blindsided in another area right after lol.

Yea screw messing with springs. Gladly pay a professional to **** with those things.

don't believe the hype =)

https://www.svtperformance.com/foru...rage-door-torsion-spring-replacement.1142564/

 

[Never_Enough]

Says the Miata guy...lol

You know they weigh a whole 2,300 lbs, right? Perhaps I was only a man until I sold my Z06. Darn...

 

[Screw-Rice]

don't believe the hype =)

https://www.svtperformance.com/foru...rage-door-torsion-spring-replacement.1142564/

It didn't look hard...however $150 is cheap if things go wrong. Rather the install guy get a ride to the ER instead of myself.

You know they weigh a whole 2,300 lbs, right? Perhaps I was only a man until I sold my Z06. Darn...

Light and compact, easy to jam in to tight spaces, most owners relate to that...
Selling the Z06 got your man card suspended for now, but there's a time limit before revoked.

If you don't expect Miata jokes at this point, well I don't know what to tell you.

 

[coposrv]

My wife and I are pretty lucky to both come from pretty well-off families. I thought it sounded crazy at first but we’re probably in the 75%. Our parents paid for pretty much all of our wedding and as our wedding gift both sets of our parents gave us 50 grand. My wife’s parents paid off all of her student loans and they’ve bought a huge family summer home to pass down to us. I don’t consider it a handout. I consider it taking care of family. I’ll probably do the same for my kids. Most of my friends have had the same “help”.


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[Dirks9901]

My wife and I are pretty lucky to both come from pretty well-off families. I thought it sounded crazy at first but we’re probably in the 75%. Our parents paid for pretty much all of our wedding and as our wedding gift both sets of our parents gave us 50 grand. My wife’s parents paid off all of her student loans and they’ve bought a huge family summer home to pass down to us. I don’t consider it a handout. I consider it taking care of family. I’ll probably do the same for my kids. Most of my friends have had the same “help”.


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There isn’t anything wrong with that. You and your wife both sound responsible and both your families are fortunate enough to be able to gift and give. Nothing to be ashamed of at all.


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[coposrv]

There isn’t anything wrong with that. You and your wife both sound responsible and both your families are fortunate enough to be able to gift and give. Nothing to be ashamed of at all.


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Maybe I’m wrong but I get the feeling a some guys who have commented here make the case that financial help from parents and financially responsible children are mutually exclusive. Where I feel like they’re not at all. We wouldn’t be able to be where we are without it be we also don’t rely or expect it. I want to give my kids the same too. I don’t understand parents who wouldn’t do that. I want my future kids to have as large an advantage as possible. Wether it’s private school or paying for their university or buying them cars and a house.

 

[ram150]

My wife and I are pretty lucky to both come from pretty well-off families. I thought it sounded crazy at first but we’re probably in the 75%. Our parents paid for pretty much all of our wedding and as our wedding gift both sets of our parents gave us 50 grand. My wife’s parents paid off all of her student loans and they’ve bought a huge family summer home to pass down to us. I don’t consider it a handout. I consider it taking care of family. I’ll probably do the same for my kids. Most of my friends have had the same “help”.


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[Never_Enough]

It didn't look hard...however $150 is cheap if things go wrong. Rather the install guy get a ride to the ER instead of myself.


Light and compact, easy to jam in to tight spaces, most owners relate to that...
Selling the Z06 got your man card suspended for now, but there's a time limit before revoked.

If you don't expect Miata jokes at this point, well I don't know what to tell you.

I'm not upset, just firing back

 

[dannydarko11]

I cost shop just about everything, but I don't skimp on TP. Inadvertently shamed some lady, as I was ranting to a friend about cost and how I don't hate myself enough to buy "prison grade" tp. She told me after, the lady behind me was grabbing it and glaring at me as I was ranting, lol.

This thread lol

 

[Coiled03]

Maybe I’m wrong but I get the feeling a some guys who have commented here make the case that financial help from parents and financially responsible children are mutually exclusive. Where I feel like they’re not at all. We wouldn’t be able to be where we are without it be we also don’t rely or expect it. I want to give my kids the same too. I don’t understand parents who wouldn’t do that. I want my future kids to have as large an advantage as possible. Wether it’s private school or paying for their university or buying them cars and a house.

You wrote how I feel better than I did, thanks!

 

[Zemedici]

Maybe I’m wrong but I get the feeling a some guys who have commented here make the case that financial help from parents and financially responsible children are mutually exclusive. Where I feel like they’re not at all. We wouldn’t be able to be where we are without it be we also don’t rely or expect it. I want to give my kids the same too. I don’t understand parents who wouldn’t do that. I want my future kids to have as large an advantage as possible. Wether it’s private school or paying for their university or buying them cars and a house.

No man - we’re talking about lazy individuals who rely on their parents too much, and therefore are not where they should be in life. Your situation is entirely different. You stand on your own with gifts from your parents. Nothing wrong with that.

But if you were 30 and still living at home it would be a different story. Make sense?