tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post114645303720382276..comments2023-11-18T01:21:55.631-05:00Comments on My Open Wallet: Back to the Bank of Mom and DadMadame Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536189690094235926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1148661713489814192006-05-26T12:41:00.000-04:002006-05-26T12:41:00.000-04:00This is an interesting discussion, and it brings u...This is an interesting discussion, and it brings up all sorts of thought for me. It's tricky in families, especially when you have siblings. It's hard to spmetimes not feel bad about it. My parents paid for my sister's and my education. They paid for her wedding, provide her with free child care, but expensive toys for her children and loaned her a down payment for her house. Now I am finally in the market to buy a condo, and luckily I have the money in my retirement accout to use as a down payment, as no assistance seems to be forthcoming at this point. In a way I'm glad I can do it on my own. I've learned to be self reliant. Sometimes i feel like the financial witholding is a disaproval that I don't have a family of my own, but part of the reason I've made that choice is that i don't have the financial resourses to do so. So it's frustrating, but I ve made the decision to accept and love the situation for what it is, and work hard to build the life I want anyway, as ultimately I am the only one responsible for it. I totally agree on the last line fo your post, where you said "Anyway, I plan to make my decisions based on my own savings and earnings. If some other money comes along, great, but I'm not counting on it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1148519704796896162006-05-24T21:15:00.000-04:002006-05-24T21:15:00.000-04:00I have mixed thoughts on this... in families where...I have mixed thoughts on this... in families where there is pretty certainly going to be an inheritance passed onto the next generation - why should it only come once the parents have died and the children are themselves likely quite old... very wealthy families tend to pass on money earlier - of course most less wealthy parents might need the money and aren't sure how much can be passed on.... but paying for cell phone bills or specific things like that doesn't sound the way to go. Some time I will write more about this in my blog.mOOmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440274434662150925noreply@blogger.com