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[quote=Anonymous]OP if you think you are being frugal you need to sit down with a good financial adviser and get a reality check.

My spouse and I managed to put away $150k in a couple of years on half your income (with one kid).

How about instead of wanting what your sister has, you measure your own success by your capacity to live an independent adult life without help from your parents.  There is no way on god's green earth I would accept a down payment from my parents (and we have a $190k HHI) unless we had a financial setback and the only way my child could be in a decent school is if we accepted a loan.

Your sister is not so fortunate to be in my position or yours. It sounds like she actually got her shit together after an inauspicious start but that she's nowhere near our position financially. Homeownership is a smart decision financially (if you buy what you can afford) so what your mother is doing could very well be the infusion your sister needs to get on solid ground and building wealth for the future.

You. Do. Not. Need. That.

If you came on here complaining that they were infantilizing or enabling her that'd be another story.

As for the people injecting politics into it-- that's ridiculous.  I'm a dyed-in-the-wool liberal married to another, who left BigLaw to do liberal politics, and I have not accepted a dime since college.

My extremely religious, Republican parents have been supporting my right-wing, homophobic, extremely Republican brother for his entire adult life so he can quit jobs and blame affirmative action for the fact that he didn't get into UVA 30 years ago or get a promotion in whatever job he quit.  All while taking most of his income from them.

There are independent and hard-working people and entitled babies in every part of the political spectrum.

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