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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like to be independent. I never take help. I raise my kids, pay my bills.[/quote]

This.  My parents are wealthy. My in-laws are wealthy. We would never accept money from them for anything other than an emergency, which in 30 years of marriage has never happened. The idea of taking money from our families to pay for our kids’ schools or for a down payment on a home would go against everything my DH and I value.  We are adults. We take care of our kids. We pay our bills. I definitely think less of people who accept money from family. We will inherit one day.  But we won’t take money from our families until then. [/quote]

So you think you are morally superior?  This, I do not get. [/quote]

Np and I think this is a morally superior position, yes[/quote]

Why?

My husband and I have a net worth of over 1M. (not wealthy by DCUM standards but clearly we’re doing ok). My parents helped us with a down payment when we bought our house and his parents have helped us along the way randomly with gifts of 10k here and there. We could have done without it - we are very good with our money- but I don’t know why that would have made us morally superior to decline the money.  Can you elaborate on why that is so superior?[/quote]

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