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re: At what age did you become completely Independent from your parents.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 10:58 am to 0x15E
Posted on 3/15/21 at 10:58 am to 0x15E
My parents paid cell phone bill, tuition and was on their heath insurance in college. Cell phone was transferred to me right after graduation. I stayed on health insurance for about a two years after I graduated until I had my own health plan from work. (Did contract work for the first two years after college with the whole "great Recession" going on).
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 10:58 am to 0x15E
62 when I got on social security.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:00 am to 0x15E
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:03 am to 0x15E
In many countries kids continue to live with their parents until they are married and some even after that.
I wonder why Americans are so different.
I wonder why Americans are so different.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:03 am to 0x15E
22 when I bought my first house. Once I walked out the door, never took another $1 from my parents
Had my first job at 16 and was required to pay for everything except for housing, school expenses (public school), utilities, breakfast & dinner (lunch, clothes, dates...). Once out of HS, same as above but I also had to pay for college, car & auto insurance (didn't start driving until college because I couldn't afford a car & ins).
Edit: Just realized that I had to pay for my own glasses & contacts in college, never had them in HS; I could kind of see the big E without glasses
Had my first job at 16 and was required to pay for everything except for housing, school expenses (public school), utilities, breakfast & dinner (lunch, clothes, dates...). Once out of HS, same as above but I also had to pay for college, car & auto insurance (didn't start driving until college because I couldn't afford a car & ins).
Edit: Just realized that I had to pay for my own glasses & contacts in college, never had them in HS; I could kind of see the big E without glasses
This post was edited on 3/15/21 at 11:06 am
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:03 am to 0x15E
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I’m talking fully untethered. They pay for nothing, you pay for everything.
I moved out when I was 18. Job/school/apartment/car.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:04 am to 0x15E
15 or 16. Except for high school tuition. Clothes,vehicle,insurance,shotgun bullets,gasoline ,maintenance.
I was not going to ask my Momma for money when I could make and save my own.
I was not going to ask my Momma for money when I could make and save my own.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:05 am to 0x15E
three months after graduating college at 23, I had two paychecks in the bank and another on the way. My own apartment, a paid for POS honda, and never asked them for money ever again. I'm 43 now. However, my 40 yr old brother still can't seem to get his shite together.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:07 am to 0x15E
At 16 I left home.
At 17 they had me arrested as a runaway as I was successfully living on my own without anything from them. They only allowed me to leave to prove I needed them, oof.
In their old age they definitely realized they need me more than I them and it has been that way for very long time. They raised me to be independent and resourceful, a little too well. I rarely give a damn about any situation and always find a way to turn what seems a loss into a gain.
Teach your kids to Keep It Simple. If they have nothing, then they have nothing to lose, in taking a shot at whatever comes their way.
At 17 they had me arrested as a runaway as I was successfully living on my own without anything from them. They only allowed me to leave to prove I needed them, oof.
In their old age they definitely realized they need me more than I them and it has been that way for very long time. They raised me to be independent and resourceful, a little too well. I rarely give a damn about any situation and always find a way to turn what seems a loss into a gain.
Teach your kids to Keep It Simple. If they have nothing, then they have nothing to lose, in taking a shot at whatever comes their way.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:07 am to 0x15E
22 or so.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:07 am to 0x15E
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:08 am to 0x15E
21 - As soon as I graduated from College.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:08 am to 0x15E
The day I graduated college, dad said, congrats son. You are now officially off the payroll and that was it. I was paying for quite a bit before that. More than anything I wanted to prove to them and myself that I could handle it.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:09 am to 0x15E
I was financially independent at 17.
Slept on the couch over summer at 18.
Moved into an apartment with girlfriend at 19.
Parents only provided the bare necessities while I was a minor, and instead of learning to make do for myself, I just learned to make do with almost nothing.
I've already made peace with the idea that my little girl is probably going to be spoiled like crazy. I'd rather raise an entitled brat than another version of myself - someone afraid to desire things and unable to voice their desires (as few as they are) well into adulthood.
I've also seen the wealth slingshot upper middle class kids get when they have the luxury of their parents helping to buffer expenses their first few years starting out. How could I in good conscience deny her that?
Slept on the couch over summer at 18.
Moved into an apartment with girlfriend at 19.
Parents only provided the bare necessities while I was a minor, and instead of learning to make do for myself, I just learned to make do with almost nothing.
I've already made peace with the idea that my little girl is probably going to be spoiled like crazy. I'd rather raise an entitled brat than another version of myself - someone afraid to desire things and unable to voice their desires (as few as they are) well into adulthood.
I've also seen the wealth slingshot upper middle class kids get when they have the luxury of their parents helping to buffer expenses their first few years starting out. How could I in good conscience deny her that?
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:09 am to 0x15E
I reckon about 23 or 24.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:09 am to 0x15E
36 and have been financially 'separate' from my parents since moving out/away in early 20s but they still help me out in other ways (like helping me move out of a stressful situation with an ex, etc.).
TBH, the gratitude that I have for them still being alive/around and willing/able to help greatly overshadows any damage to my ego that accepting help could cause.
TBH, the gratitude that I have for them still being alive/around and willing/able to help greatly overshadows any damage to my ego that accepting help could cause.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:10 am to 0x15E
23. They gave me a place to live for a year after college.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:10 am to 0x15E
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:10 am to 0x15E
22, when I graduated from undergrad.
Now, they obviously still give me stuff, but I don't depend on handouts from them.
Now, they obviously still give me stuff, but I don't depend on handouts from them.
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