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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you know  they “allow” this?[/quote]

I would change the title to, "Can anyone please explain the mindset of parents who [b]enable[/b] “failure to launch”?"  Outside of most mental illnesses, parents only have themselves to blame if their children feel entitled to financial assistance after college.  Never in a million years would I have asked my parents for any money after college (which they entirely paid for).  We were raised to become independent, self-supporting adults.  My family is wealthy but not so wealthy they could give us a trust fund to support us into perpetuity.  My siblings and I have never felt our parents owe us anything as adults.  Honestly, the very idea of asking them for any form of financial assistance sounds absurd.  [/quote]

Agree 100% with this, but this is DCUM and people have little shame.

There is a reason that the DMV private schools have grandparents' day...[b]because so many people still need mommy and daddy to support them in some fashion [/b](though they do usually pay for their own housing and food).[/quote]

Or, because private school it’s important to the grandparents who are willing to pay for it. My parents offered to pay for private school, not because I asked, but because their anxiety compelled them. We declined because I think the private schools in my area aren’t up to snuff. [/quote]

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