Reply to Giving kids a down payment

Forum Index » Money and Finances

Reply to "Giving kids a down payment "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote] We have a kid who rents and will forever be single (by firm choice) and doesn’t give a rat’s ass if we help out her siblings who have made different choices. We’ve helped her out plenty and always will and she knows it. She’s quite happy knowing that her little nieces and nephews have nice places to live. I’m sorry to disappoint, but not every family on DCUM is dysfunctional.[/quote]

We also have four kids and aren’t even a little bit dysfunctional - AND we try and keep it generally even between the kids when we are making financial gifts. My parents did the same and I think it has been a bonus that we never had to worry about introducing financial issues to our siblings relationships. Each of our kids will get the same amount of help with a down payment (and some will need it more than others), each gets the same amount at Christmas, etc. We will contribute around the same for each wedding. If someone never wants a house or wedding, they will at some point get a gift to keep things generally equal. They will inherit equally. I cannot imagine a twenty or thirty something who is rejoicing at how nice their nieces and nephews houses while not being provided similar support. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics