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[quote=Anonymous]I've been privileged to have a lot of help from my parents and ILs, and it is the norm in my social circle. I don't know anyone who pretends they built it all from nothing, but it's also not normal to go around talking about how you afforded something. Who talks like that? How would it even come up? Frankly I'd think it was really boastful and gaudy if someone casually dropped that their family gave them 100k or whatever.

The other reason I think people talk about their hard work is that we see many of our peers who were 'born on third' piss away their parents' money and blow opportunities with gluttony and laziness. The PP who talked about how you fared compared to your peers is onto something. If most people you know were gifted a downpayment, and you and your spouse are both physician specialists while your siblings or cousins are unemployed on a beach in Costa Rica or working part time, you're going to credit your hard work with paying for the rest of that mortgage. Were you privileged? Obviously. Did you work hard? Also yes. 
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