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re: At what age did you become completely Independent from your parents.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:20 am to Chili Davis
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:20 am to Chili Davis
The Govt didn't give you any free food nor housing. The sh!tty pay scales were helping with that subsidization. You earned everything they gave you.
Smoke and mirrors..optical illusion..until becoming a Sarge or Officer with Housing Qtr dinero.
Smoke and mirrors..optical illusion..until becoming a Sarge or Officer with Housing Qtr dinero.
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:21 am to 0x15E
I'm 30 and my parents still pay my car insurance. 
They also gave me $28k from my wedding fund to purchase my car in 2018.
We live in a home my SO's parents own (not with them.. they just own this house), so pay no rent or mortgage.
Financially, we don't need any help at all. But they like to do it.
They also gave me $28k from my wedding fund to purchase my car in 2018. We live in a home my SO's parents own (not with them.. they just own this house), so pay no rent or mortgage.
Financially, we don't need any help at all. But they like to do it.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:21 am to Ash Williams
Hitch hiked to Key West when I was 16 in 1974. Been on my own since. Came back to BR and got a job in construction. Learned to hang commercial vinyl, making more money than most people’s parents by the time I was 18 or so .
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:24 am to Upperdecker
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Fair point, but you aren’t helping them if they’re reliant on you when they have the means to take care of themselves.
100% agree, my kids never ask, and usually put up a fight when I try to kick in, they're also saving, maxing out 401ks, planning for the future, so I think they're on the right path
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:25 am to 0x15E
I moved to Baton Rouge at 18 and moved in with my brother and a roommate that were already at LSU.
I did move home for the 1st 2 summers to works and save money to pay for the upcoming years at LSU. Not sure if that counts or not, parents didn't pay for anything except giving me a place to stay while saving up money for school.
I did move home for the 1st 2 summers to works and save money to pay for the upcoming years at LSU. Not sure if that counts or not, parents didn't pay for anything except giving me a place to stay while saving up money for school.
This post was edited on 3/15/21 at 11:29 am
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:25 am to txbd
I paid my way through college but I would come home during summers and live rent free. I was completely cut off when they moved out state when I was 22 although I’m still on their phone plan
My sister on the other hand is 28 (no pics) and I think they still help her with rent and insurance. Meanwhile, I had my own house and become a father at 28
My sister on the other hand is 28 (no pics) and I think they still help her with rent and insurance. Meanwhile, I had my own house and become a father at 28
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:25 am to Muthsera
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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?
Totally. People who paid their way through college like to wear it as a badge of honor and say they will make their kids do the same, but that's just not my mentality.
If you can't pay for your child's college or whatever, that is one thing. If you can and still choose not to, I just don't agree.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:27 am to 0x15E
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At what age did you become completely Independent from your parents
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:31 am to 0x15E
Depends on the circumstances, I was about 26 until I moved out but I had my Masters degree and just hadn’t found a job in my field. Should be earlier if they’re just playing video games and smoking weed all day. Waiting until I was fully settled career wise helped my finances tremendously.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:31 am to LouisianaLady
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If you can't pay for your child's college or whatever, that is one thing. If you can and still choose not to, I just don't agree.
My dad paid for mine. Granted tuition was like $1100-1200 a semester when I was in school
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:32 am to LouisianaLady
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People who paid their way through college like to wear it as a badge of honor and say they will make their kids do the same, but that's just not my mentality.
Luckily it looks like my kids will have plenty of scholarship opportunities and we will probably help them out with whatever else they need. But I do expect them to at least get a part-time job and not think they're on a 4 year free party from mom and dad.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:32 am to 0x15E
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:32 am to 0x15E
It's the OT. Everyone here was making three digits at 16.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:33 am to 0x15E
Parents paid for law school so 25. They did float me a sizable no-interest loan for about 8 months a few years later when I made partner a year before I had planned and the only way I could have made the equity payment then was to get raped by capital gains. My mom who is still alive always gives my wife and me extravagant gifts for birthdays and Christmas because as she says she wants to see us enjoy it versus leaving it to us after she dies. So I guess in a way she still supports me.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:34 am to 0x15E
21 after I graduated college and got my first job. I paid for most of my college but they helped a little. I was out of the house at 14 going to boarding school though.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:34 am to fallguy_1978
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Granted tuition was like $1100-1200 a semester when I was in school
when I was at LSU full time tuition was $243 a semester, dirt cheap even back then(had a couple of classes with Gaynell Tinsley,) full time was 12 hours or more and it didn't go up after 12 hours, was pretty easy to handle that
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:35 am to LouisianaLady
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Totally. People who paid their way through college like to wear it as a badge of honor and say they will make their kids do the same, but that's just not my mentality. If you can't pay for your child's college or whatever, that is one thing. If you can and still choose not to, I just don't agree.
My parents didn't pay for mine and I never expected them to. I joined the military to pay for mine. With what college costs today, it's not a bad thing to not pay for all of your kids school. Again, helping out is one thing, paying for all of it is another.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:35 am to 0x15E
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 11:36 am to TheRoarRestoredInBR
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my family was not what you would call nurturing.
Both Mom and Dad came from poverty you were expected to be out on your own when you could get a job.
There was a semi-reprieve occasional loan in my 20s but you were expected to sit through a verbal humiliation to get it So I often decided to go without
my family was not what you would call nurturing.
Both Mom and Dad came from poverty you were expected to be out on your own when you could get a job.
There was a semi-reprieve occasional loan in my 20s but you were expected to sit through a verbal humiliation to get it So I often decided to go without
This post was edited on 3/15/21 at 11:40 am
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