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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Always amazes me how people like OP feel entitled to other people's things.[/quote]

OP here: we actually saved a six figure down-payment and closing costs without any family help. Paid for our own wedding too. Also paid off our student loans. But we got "lucky" by pivoting multiple times in our careers for better jobs, striving for big promotions, etc.

Vast majority of our friends who had a similar profile as us - i.e., had to pay for their own house, their own wedding, their own student loans - had to leave the area completely or moved very far out to make it work.

So, no, I do not feel entitled to other people's things. But it wasn't until our kid was in school that we really had no idea how "things really work" in nicer DMV neighborhoods. [/quote]

You are listing the ways you’ve boot-strapped like you want to be rewarded for your hard work. You have been- you got to buy a home in the neighborhood you want. Good on you. Hopefully your efforts will produce benefits for your children.

The people you are judging have benefited from the efforts of their loved ones and they too get to live in the neighborhood they want. Good on them.

It’s surprising that you’re surprised by how generational wealth is earned, preserved, and transferred. Did you think everyone around you was new money just because you are?

It’s common that parents want to help their progeny have good lives. Those who can, do.[/quote]

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