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re: My kids still live at home
Posted on 12/18/17 at 6:48 pm to Paul Allen
Posted on 12/18/17 at 6:48 pm to Paul Allen
True, but you don’t also need $800 rent. Move into an apartment with some friends for cheap rent, until you can afford to live on your own.
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Posted on 12/18/17 at 6:50 pm to Epic Cajun
I am sure that some brilliant poster already mentioned drop them off at a recruiter but if not, drop them off at a recruiter.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:00 pm to Epic Cajun
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True, but you don’t also need $800 rent. Move into an apartment with some friends for cheap rent, until you can afford to live on your own.
A one bedroom in Dallas where I would be the only one that could speak English is like $750/month. Not everyone lives Lafayette.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:02 pm to EA6B
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The best way for someone to learn financial responsibility is to have some
Maybe, I could buy at least some of that arguement.
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Having enough debt that it causes a little pain every time you make a payment is a powerful learning experience. Take the training wheels of and let them fall down a few times.
This is so dumb it makes my head hurt. You're now advocating for people to take out debt that they will have a hard time paying off to "learn a lesson?" Christ, I really don't know how some of you survive. How about never take on debt that you can't comfortably pay back.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:04 pm to MWP
There is a huge difference betweeen being a loser mooching off your parents and temporarily living there to pay off debt and save money. The best financial decision I’ve ever made is to live at home after school for about a year (of course I had my now wife’s apartment where I could sleep). I paid off all my student loans, bought a decent used car and starting saving money for a home down payment.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:05 pm to Broke
Stop spoiling them, baw.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:07 pm to saderade
You should have suffered to prove to everyone how grown up you were!! GRRRRR!!!!!
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:11 pm to Broke
I have a friend that came home from high school graduation and had a bag packed on the front porch. His dad refused to let him in the house. Told him he had all he needed in the suitcase. Guy joined the army, came home and is a firefighter/emt teacher at the local community college. Has a nice wife,kids, a few rental properties. People can make it work when the pressure is put on them and not having to depend on someone else.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:26 pm to IAmNERD
I wanted to rent a small house / apartment. But the town I lived in had zilch in rentals where you wouldn't lose your life. So, I did live with my folks for a few years. I saved a ton. Used that to build a good start to my retirement nest egg.
To each his own.
To each his own.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:33 pm to crazycubes
You lived with your parents for retirement savings? How about saving for your own home?
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:37 pm to Broke
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My kids still live at home...They have no student loan debt (thanks mom/dad) and college degrees. I think this is a fair shot at life imo.
How do address the nights they don't come home without calling, or leave at weird hours?
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:42 pm to Btrtigerfan
Honestly I'd pay for their apartment before I'd let my adult children live with me
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:43 pm to Btrtigerfan
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or leave at weird hours?
He has no idea, no one there owns a watch.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:45 pm to crazycubes
Not saying anyone should or shouldnt. Either way should not shape the person you become. I gave a story about a guy I knew. He turne out pretty successful. I know people that lived at home and got degrees and moved to big cities and are now successful as well.
People use the advantages they have, some have to play the hand they are dealt. Some people are just pieces of shite and lazy and will never amount to anything. Doesnt matter if they lived at home or not.
People use the advantages they have, some have to play the hand they are dealt. Some people are just pieces of shite and lazy and will never amount to anything. Doesnt matter if they lived at home or not.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:48 pm to IAmNERD
This isn't our parents' or grandparents' world anymore where hard work at a menial job raises a family and buys a home.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:53 pm to Broke
You could have worse problems...i have a neighbor in her 80's that has a son.I've never seen him visit in the 12 years I've lived next to her.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:54 pm to Broke
My wife (43) and I (40), reared our children to be honest, non-entitled, respectfully and hopefully hard working people. Two weeks after our son graduated, he went into the Air Force. My daughter moved and started college this year after high school. Encouragement goes a long way. But also cutting the cord helps them become adults.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 7:55 pm to IAmNERD
quote:that's a piece of shite move
I have a friend that came home from high school graduation and had a bag packed on the front porch. His dad refused to let him in the house. Told him he had all he needed in the suitcase. Guy joined the army, came home and is a firefighter/emt teacher at the local community college. Has a nice wife,kids, a few rental properties. People can make it work when the pressure is put on them and not having to depend on someone else.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 8:00 pm to deeprig9
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"normal young adulthood" and you millennials are just making excuses for the fact you are incapable of personal responsibility.
Go to hell. Really.
I've been working big boy jobs for (2) Fortune 500's for 8 years since I was 19. In the meantime of getting depressed and bored with my outlook I got an associates, bachelors in marketing, and now a MBA.
I have also busted my arse and applied for jobs everyday that fit my skills and experience. I have had 5 interviews in the last year with no luck.
The opportunity isn't the same as it was in previous decades. I don't complain and I don't play victim. I'm just waiting my turn to move up from $30,000 a year. It'll come eventually.
Stop generalizing all millenials as lazy whiners.
Posted on 12/18/17 at 8:01 pm to Broke
OK as long as they're paying rent (or some of the bills). Makes more sense than a bachelor or bachelorette owning a house. Also makes more sense than paying rent to a stranger.
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