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[quote=Anonymous]in our family, the older generation pays for all outings and events, like restaurant dinners, concerts or shows.  That said, while my dad pays for all of these things that he is able to participate in, I order and pay for all of his groceries and buy him pretty much everything he needs for his apartment. He likes to pay for events, but is past the stage where he can pay bills independently. For me, it’s all about his feeling that he is still able to treat the family to special things while he’s in failing health and not able to get around her easily.

As for our kids, I would plan to pay for all events and any hotels I booked for travel. If they needed help with other stuff, we’d also pay. Our goal overall is to push as much  financial support to the next generation as possible tax-free. Also, as a family, we just don’t exchange money among ourselves, so it really comes down to who books events, and that tends to be me. We are very lucky financially, though, which makes this easier and is not some thing that , I would think would be everyone’s approach. [/quote]

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