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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have three 20 something kids and two of them work low paying jobs while one is more established and successful. I think she makes 250k at 29. We are having a family reunion in another continent and I told her that I’ll be paying for her siblings (25 and 27) flights (because they wouldn’t be able to afford it otherwise) but want her to pay for her own ticket because she can easily afford it. Well, yesterday we were discussing the trip and my daughter said she is deciding not to go because she’s busy with work. Usually she always travels with us so I’m not sure if she’s angry that I asked her to pay for her own airfare. It would cost around $1500. Was I wrong to do this?[/quote]

You are wrong if you can afford to pay for all their tickets. Not just some people’s. $1500 flight is $3000 pretax gross salary in big cities.

Don’t start this precedent of rewarding low earners and unambiguous people. Or perhaps you already ingrained that and now you see the results of it.[/quote]

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Or pay half or $1000 each for each of their tickets. Treating them equally, but not totally subsidizing.[/quote]

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