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[–] Speshul_Sn0wflake 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

This. Thank you for that. Especially where you touched on the topic of "people on the outside looking in probably think you were spoiled."

I got that my entire childhood, still do now. "Well, my parent's aren't rich like yours, that is why I can't afford this and that." No. The reason you can't afford it is because you don't spend your money wisely, don't plan ahead, don't know how to save and so on. This was coming from an obeast I work with. We get payed the same, and very well might I add, although we shouldn't because fatty doesn't do much at all. I accomplish more in three hours than she does the entire day. The only thing I see her put any effort into is her take-out order.

Not only was I instilled with the "work for what you want" mentality growing up, my parents also taught me that "you are not entitled to anything in this life, you work for the things you want and the things you have. Nobody is going to hand them to you because you think you deserve it."

With my younger (7 years) sister's generation, I don't see this mentality at all. Its just "gimme gimme gimme nowwww" and if not its a fight and a sob story. All these kids will be so shocked when they enter the real world and realize that there isn't anybody to tell on when your feels get hurt, let alone someone who is just gonna cater to/help you because you think you deserve it.

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[–] AnoInc [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

My parents were well off but lived quite frugally. My parents didn't let us know what the estate was worth until we were all out of school and started our respective careers. When we were old enough to work, that's what was expected. Payed our own way from then on. By the time a person is an adult. They should have earned and saved enough to go do anything. I left home the weekend after my highschool graduation with 2 grand and a 15 year old junker that I bought from a junk yard and got running again. Never accepted anything (save for small gifts) from my parents after that. I worked for that my entire adolescence and it should be enough (I don't know what 2 grand back then is equivalent to now) for anyone to start a new life anywhere.