Feel terrible about my finances after reading this site

[Anonymous]

One thing we all need to remember is that it is the obligation of the parents to make sacrifices to ensure the safety and success of their own children. At no point in time should a parent ever expect anything other than honor from their children. Any elderly parent that expects any sort of payback, sacrifice, or favor in return is a person of no character or moral fiber. Older parents such as these deserve to be publicly shamed – and occasionally stoned, as necessary – for their heinous and egregious crimes against the unwritten family code.

Children don’t magically appear, nor do they ask to be born. Some pair of individuals made conscious decisions that resulted in the creation of life and those decisions have indefinite, one-way consequences.

OP, your parents owe you – not the other way around – and they owe you FOREVER!

[Anonymous]

What does financial obligation mean in this case? You have to float their lifestyle in 15 years...or you give them a room in your house while they bring their financial assets along (including the sold home equity)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One thing we all need to remember is that it is the obligation of the parents to make sacrifices to ensure the safety and success of their own children. At no point in time should a parent ever expect anything other than honor from their children. Any elderly parent that expects any sort of payback, sacrifice, or favor in return is a person of no character or moral fiber. Older parents such as these deserve to be publicly shamed – and occasionally stoned, as necessary – for their heinous and egregious crimes against the unwritten family code.

Children don’t magically appear, nor do they ask to be born. Some pair of individuals made conscious decisions that resulted in the creation of life and those decisions have indefinite, one-way consequences.

OP, your parents owe you – not the other way around – and they owe you FOREVER!

Oh my goodness. The real world is calling. In our world there are relationships. We help out family members and it goes both ways. I don't help older family members financially, but the reality is, that when people age, they need help making choices and sometimes managing bills and tasks. Kind people help their parents as they age. Most people help their parents as their age. Perhaps it's not an obligation, but it certainly is a societal expectation and a reasonable one.

[jsteele]

I'm going to lock this thread since the OP created it with a fake post and has been occasionally sock puppeting. I invite the OP to find another website on which to waste everyone's time.