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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My wife (in her 30's) still has many childhood friends in DC being subsidized by their parents.[/quote]

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Nailed it.  Big families that buy their children houses, etc.  WTH?  How on earth is that teaching them anything?  It hurts far more than it helps, I can tell you first hand. [/quote]

LOL this is delusional.  Of course having help with a house purchase[b] helps[/b]![/quote]

Maybe?  I may be unusual but I don’t want money from my parents. [b] I like that my husband and I have done everything on our own and on our own terms.  Our parents did pay for college in full.[/b]  I do get concerned about inheritances.  We both stand to inherit decent estates (a few million each) but will figure that out when the time comes. [/quote]
Lmao. Oh, honey.[/quote]

I know.  I’m so glad my parents waited until they were married to have children, stay married and valued education.

FWIW, culturally most UMC children do have their college paid for.  Part of being a responsible adult is paying for your child to go to college. [/quote]

You are so spoiled and out of touch. The majority of parents not just in America, but in the WORLD cannot afford to send their kids to college. That does not make them irresponsible adults, you twit. College costs have outpaced inflation by a pretty huge margin. [/quote]

You gotta translate “UMC” for this forum. The poster who thinks most “UMC” children have their college paid for grew up rich, probably around here. At some point in his/her childhood he/she went on a community service trip or something to another part of the city, became reflective and said, “Mommy and Daddy, are we rich?” Mommy and Daddy said, “No darling, we’re very lucky but we work very hard for what we have. You could say we’re....UMC.” And lo, another angel spontaneously combustef and its wing-ashes became a DCUM thread.[/quote]

Thank you for that laugh. Spot on.[/quote]

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