I am tired of this 20-something generation which thinks it's entitled to everything.....right now.
Their lack of patience is getting on my nerves. These are the young people who don't move out of the house unless you throw them out. They will mooch off you until they get married and become someone else's problem. In the meantime, most of them are living rent-free, responsibility-free, carefree.
And you parents are not doing them nor us any favors. What kind of a partner are they going to be to someone? You pay the bills. You do the laundry. You buy the groceries. What are you teaching them?
Then, they come into the workforce. They don't believe in working their way up from the bottom. It would never even occur to them. They expect to be the person in charge immediately. They lack a decent work ethic and show no respect to those who paved the way.
To you parents who just want to give your kids everything you can - you're depriving them of one very important thing....a sense of responsibility.
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Ooooo Girl!...
I thought it was only me but I do agree. The irony is that they have no respect,tolerance or patience for elders of any age or generation. Probably not their own peers either. I find it totally entertaining to see 30 and 40 something men and women still living with their enablers. Most of them come by their sickness with total honesty. Statements like "This way I can save all of my money" is sad commentary for both them and their parents. For all I know they still sleep with them. I sure hope they can find a life partner who is all of that.
I can hear them packing after reading this blog.
You go girl.
Well, I lived rent free with my parents until I was 25 years old. Most of my friends had long since moved out on their own by this age.
What did this get me?
I paid my way through University by working as a waiter.
OSAP? I never heard of it. I paid cash. Yes - "bling bling", indeed.
I also saved up enough money for a down payment on my first HOUSE with my partner.
I am 100% grateful. I have no illusions about what I have or how I got it - NEVER in a million years would I be able to graduate college DEBT FREE - nor would I have been able to save up for a house if I had been paying rent somewhere.
The point is - News From Mom - the "this way I can save all of my money" excuse, as you call it - has a bit of validity. Sure there are people who mooch off mum and dad and take advantage of their parent's INSTINCTS to take care of their "children" - but there are indeed smart, decent, intelligent and money-smart adults who live with their parents until they are ready to launch into a lifestyle as easy as possible. And the parents should be applauded for doing this for their children. I'm grateful for mine every single day for allowing me to live rent free for those awkward years in my early and late twenties. I have friends who have 30 THOUSAND dollars worth of debt - and they are not even 30 yet. This could very easily have been me. But it's not - because "I got to stay home and save up ALL of my money."
Points well taken, Dan. I probably should have clarified in my original post that students were not included. (unless of course they are professional students who have no intention of actually getting a full-time job).
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