No parents want to rob their children of their future. While some aging parents of adult children might need more support than others, they shouldn’t want to take away their children’s opportunities for life and a family of their own if they can help it. Sometimes, the strain of taking care of parents puts plans …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old sends thousand of dollars a month to his mid-50s parents so they can retire early, puts financial stress on his girlfriend: ‘His parents are choosing to watch their child struggle so they can live lavishly’
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‘This is her own fault’: Penny-pinching husband exiles his wife from the family vacation to try to teach her a lesson about money management
Weaponized FOMO
Millennials discuss why boomers are still living in a 1980s economic mindset: ‘My dad said «You are earning 6 figures and can’t afford $500 for a vacation?»‘
It isn’t easy to accept that everything is getting demonstrably more expensive. We used to think of inflation as a gradual process: our grandparents talked about how hamburgers used to be 50 cents, and as the decades marched on, they gradually started costing upwards of $15 if you wanted a good one. The inflation in …
Seguir leyendo Millennials discuss why boomers are still living in a 1980s economic mindset: ‘My dad said «You are earning 6 figures and can’t afford $500 for a vacation?»‘
Affair partner pressures her husband’s 17-year-old son to ask his father to stop paying unofficial spousal support so he can afford her kid’s extracurricular activities: ‘She told me they need all of dad’s money right now’
There are some divorces where there are no clear good guys or bad guys. Sometimes, a couple falls out of love and can’t seem to repair what they once had. Or maybe they’re fighting so much that they know their kid’s lives would be much more stable if they broke up. When a couple calls …
Seguir leyendo Affair partner pressures her husband’s 17-year-old son to ask his father to stop paying unofficial spousal support so he can afford her kid’s extracurricular activities: ‘She told me they need all of dad’s money right now’
Family of 5 tries to move into cousin and his pregnant wife’s house, despite only meeting her twice and not inviting them to their wedding: ‘Rachel says we would rather see three kids end up on the streets because I’M greedy’
You can only do so much to help someone who can’t help themselves. We all like to believe we’d be incredibly giving to others in a crisis, housing our friends and relatives with nowhere else to go and supporting them through difficult times. In reality, most of us cannot afford to do that. You’re way …
Seguir leyendo Family of 5 tries to move into cousin and his pregnant wife’s house, despite only meeting her twice and not inviting them to their wedding: ‘Rachel says we would rather see three kids end up on the streets because I’M greedy’
Unemployed husband gives his parents over $10K of his wife’s money, gets angry when she separates their finances: ‘I’m not gonna work 60 hours a week so he can keep giving our money away’
When you’re married, you have to be on the same page about so many things. Before you even go down to the courthouse and get it all in writing, you need to figure out if you’re going to have kids, who’s going to bring home the bacon, and where you want to live long-term. Once …
Seguir leyendo Unemployed husband gives his parents over $10K of his wife’s money, gets angry when she separates their finances: ‘I’m not gonna work 60 hours a week so he can keep giving our money away’
Worker complains about living paycheck to paycheck, despite making $80K per year and paying $1175 a month in rent: ‘This is extremely affordable living’
Everyone has a different definition of «living paycheck to paycheck.» If you’ve never lived in actual poverty, you have no idea how resourceful you have to be to stretch less than $100 over two weeks and how stressful it is to live like that. Even if your situation isn’t that dismal, you might not be …
Seguir leyendo Worker complains about living paycheck to paycheck, despite making $80K per year and paying $1175 a month in rent: ‘This is extremely affordable living’
Parents buy 18-year-old daughter a $65K Jeep they can’t afford, befuddles adult son who previously offered $5K for car payments: ‘The 5k won’t even last the summer’
If there is one thing people love wasting money on, it’s expensive cars. I come from a town where people would buy $70K vehicles for themselves but wouldn’t pay for their kid’s college education. Maybe this is just because I haven’t regularly driven in about six years, but I can’t wrap my head around paying …
Seguir leyendo Parents buy 18-year-old daughter a $65K Jeep they can’t afford, befuddles adult son who previously offered $5K for car payments: ‘The 5k won’t even last the summer’
‘If people did this population would be 73’: Life coach claims people need to have their life together before dating, gets roasted for her high standards
Everybody has some periods of their life when they are unfit for dating. For me, that was my first couple of years of college. I wasn’t sexless for lack of trying, but I had several problems that were keeping me from finding romantic connections: I had cystic acne, I gained about 15 pounds, I had …
Seguir leyendo ‘If people did this population would be 73’: Life coach claims people need to have their life together before dating, gets roasted for her high standards
‘He should pay it all’: Renters debate how couple making $180K and $40K respectively should split their rent
As a brand new New Yorker, I often think about the circumstances under which I would be able to live «on my own.» Even if I suddenly came into a large amount of money, I probably wouldn’t be financially savvy to live alone unless I won the lottery. The best idea I’ve come up with …
Seguir leyendo ‘He should pay it all’: Renters debate how couple making $180K and $40K respectively should split their rent