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re: What you think of adults that are being supported by their parents financially?

Posted on 12/15/17 at 2:52 pm to
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
76162 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 2:52 pm to
Safety net is different than ongoing support.

I’m happy for young people doing their best with loving quality parents that will be there when they fall.

I feel sorry for young people doing jack shite with shitty parents that fuel their laziness with free money.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135052 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 2:52 pm to
Aren’t much of an adult really
Posted by crispyUGA
Upstate SC
Member since Feb 2011
16272 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 2:56 pm to
quote:

o you respect their accomplishments when you realize there is a parental safety net still in place? Or don’t care?



No. I find it absolutely asinine and I have no respect for them. I know a couple that takes about 4 week-long vacations a year (and many more weekends at "their" beach house), have their kids enrolled in the most expensive private school in town, and probably make a combined $50-60k. She's a secretary at a government agency and he's the worst salesman I've ever seen; he's had about 5 different jobs in the past 4 years. Her parents bankroll everything including the kids' tuition and a lot of their bills.

That type of lifestyle is totally unfathomable. I have had to ask my parents for money TWICE since I graduated (it was in 2008 after the company I was working for closed down and we had trouble making ends meet), and I've never felt like a bigger failure in my life. My parents had it to give and it wasn't a big deal to them, but it was huge to me. I paid it back with interest when I got back on my feet. I just feel like you have to have no shame to just coast by in your 30's still getting a fricking allowance.
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
70143 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 2:56 pm to
If it's someone going through med school/professional school like that or recently divorced with a child I don't see it as a huge issue bc it's a temporary thing
Posted by MaHittaMaHitta
Member since May 2014
3199 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:01 pm to
I'm 26 and completely on my own except for my parents still keeping me on their Verizon plan. We just never got around to switching, and I get them a 25% corporate discount with my work email. It seems pretty common for people my age to still be on their parents cell phone plan from what I've learned.
Posted by HoustonChick86
Catalina Wine Mixer
Member since Dec 2009
59324 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:06 pm to
My mom kept me on her cell phone plan until I was married. It was cheaper than getting my own plan to just add a line to hers.
Posted by HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Member since Feb 2017
12458 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

Do you respect their accomplishments when you realize there is a parental safety net still in place? Or don’t care?


What do you care? My 25 year olds are both in the Army after college just like I was , I pay their car notes and insurance , cell phone bills, and their visa bill each month. Why? Because I can afford it. What's the difference if I do it now, or they get part of the money when I die? Least this way they don't have to pay inheritance tax on some of it.
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
42702 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:08 pm to
We've had a family plan since Suncom way back in the early 2000's. My brother, sister, mom and I are on the same plan, now with T-Mobile, and we alternate payments each month.
This post was edited on 12/15/17 at 3:11 pm
Posted by rintintin
Life is Life
Member since Nov 2008
17102 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:15 pm to
I know a very successful cardiologist who lives in Old Metairie that still had his parents credit card well after he was married, had a house, etc.

Some people just have a shite ton of money.
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
138865 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:16 pm to
I want to be Dale Doubak when I grow up
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
41393 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:20 pm to
I don't think about it. After the housing bust many adults had to move home with their parents out of necessity. The current downturn in the O&G industry has been a blow to many.
It will cost me north of half a million dollars to finally be rid of my drug addicted ex wife. Plus the 4 year college fund for her daughter, my stepdaughter,which she stole and spent on trips to Vegas and drug binges.
Had I lost my job during this O&G downturn I likely would have had to move home or face jail time for failure to pay my ex.

I was $500 behind on her payments this year and she issued a warrant for my arrest. I live overseas and didn't realize I had underpaid and she said nothing until my grandmother passed away at which time she informed me she had made arrangements for me to be arrested when I arrived in the US. The only reason I avoided it was because I had to delay my flight by one day and she sent the message after she thought I had already flown out. I had to miss her funeral at the risk of being arrested.

So I don't judge people who have to move home with their parents at a perceivable unacceptable age.
This post was edited on 12/15/17 at 3:22 pm
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
48131 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:28 pm to
My parents helped me significantly until I was 27, now I have a good job, own my own home, and have no debt other than my mortgage. I plan on paying them back and more for their support. Not sure why this should be looked down upon. I paid for my entire education through scholarships and assistantships. I bet my parents spent a lot less on me than most.
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
19853 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:29 pm to
I can make all that go away for about 20k.
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
70143 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:30 pm to
Well you are old enough to be now
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
41393 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:30 pm to
I've been holding out hope the wrong drug concoction would do it for me.
Posted by El Magnifico
La casa de tu mamá
Member since Jan 2014
7017 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:30 pm to
quote:

crispyUGA
You sound bitter AF
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
20258 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:34 pm to
I do have a friend that lives with his parents and is 35. Known the guy since we were like 10 or 11.

Got a divorce 5 years ago and got screwed by a judge financially.

So he moved back in with his parents. It’s been a long time since the dust settled and he has long since been back on his feet.

He says at this point, he really doesn’t want to move out. He claims him and his parents get along great. He said it’s different being an idiot 21 year old but now, he and his dad hang out all the time.

I guess whatever works for people.

I would love to not have some of the bills i have though. That parent i would love
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
19853 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:37 pm to
I will say that my buddies who got help from their parents in their teens and early 20’s seemed to really help them later in life.
Posted by Lou
Modesto, CA
Member since Aug 2005
9012 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:38 pm to
quote:

What you think of adults that are being supported by their parents financially?
I think they are still children.
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27902 posts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:56 pm to
On the one hand, it's none of my business.

On the other hand, I lose a lot of respect for those people.
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