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[quote=Anonymous]No financial assistance from 17 to 35.  Moved out of state for college, got a full ride and paid for everything else with part time jobs, moved farther away for law school, no loans or handouts.  My mom did get me a mattress as a college graduation gift so I'd have a nice one in my law school apartment.  After I graduated law school I actually loaned my mom several thousand dollars a few different times - she always paid me back.

Then at 35 my mom retired and moved in with us to provide childcare for our first kid.  She's still here 5 years later and probably will be until she passes, although the childcare piece is finished.  But it's good to have her close so I can keep track of her health stuff (boo cancer) and keep her from being so easily scammed as she becomes a little more vulnerable in her old age.

So not much financial support in my young adult years, but throughout she's always been a place I could go if I needed a place to live, a listening ear, support, etc.  I didn't have to take her up on that front, but my brother and sister both moved back in with her at different points after college when they hit rough patches, and I know there are people navigating this world without that kind of safety net.  Support comes in many flavors.[/quote]

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