[pgkdan]

I just don't understand these kids. At age 26 I would have been ashamed to death to be living with my parents, being carried on their insurance and still seeing a pediatrician! I didn't start making real money until I was in my early 30's and lived in some pretty sketchy places in my 20's before I got married...but I was on my own. That's what mattered to me.

AND...I could NEVER see either of my grandkids doing any of this crap. They'd never act like this.

[caww]

That IS the difference though....kids today think they ‘deserve’ the best starting out and wouldn’t think to live in ‘sketchy places’ to get ahead on their own.

The first place I had the kitchen and bathroom were in the same room! An old office building aprt. over a gas company. it worked for over a year before I moved to a standard apart.

[caww]

That IS the difference though....kids today think they ‘deserve’ the best starting out and wouldn’t think to live in ‘sketchy places’ to get ahead on their own.

The first place I had the kitchen and bathroom were in the same room! An old office building aprt. over a gas company. it worked for over a year before I moved to a standard apart.

[MayflowerMadam]

Sounds like me. Left home at 17 after graduation. I’d have become a bag lady before I’d asked for, or accepted, help from my parents. Ditto for my sister. Our three brothers, OTOH, never had any problem taking from Mom and Dad.