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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m married to a trust funder. [b]We both work, albeit relatively low-paying, low-stress jobs. [/b]My kids are going to inherit a lot of money one day—and they don’t have a clue—[b]I don’t want them to be entitled layabouts, so we try to teach by example[/b].[/quote]

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I’m not sure why that’s funny. We both have full-time jobs, but we’re not killing ourselves with 60-hour work weeks because that would be ridiculous. Do you really think one needs a high-stress power job to demonstrate responsible adulthood? How sad.[/quote]

DP - you are living a lifestyle that your working income can't support.  Perhaps "entitled layabout" is too harsh, but it's pretty funny that you think that sets good example, or demonstrates responsible adulthood.  Come on.  [/quote]

Am I reading the same thread? What do you know about this persons lifestyle relative to their income?[/quote]

I am making the reasonable assumption that the trust fund family isn't living a lifestyle consistent with being a cube drone, as she indicated she was.  That's a lot more reasonable than, as yu seem to suggest, assuming they don't touch the trust at all.  But if she wants to correct me, then she can do so.  [/quote]

Cube drone here. You all are really beating up on me for some reason, when almost everyone else who responses cited virtually the same reasons for working. Maybe it was a poor choice of words in my initial post. Sorry if I sounded holier than thou, but I stand by my assertion that having working parents is good for my kids. I don’t care if you think it’s funny.

Anyway, tell me your “reasonable assumptions” about what my lifestyle looks like and I’ll tell you if you’re even close. There are a lot of assumptions about wealthy people tossed around on this site that are pretty far off the mark.[/quote]

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