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Anonymous wrote:As long as she's not living with you and you're not giving her money, stay out of it.

Why not give her money? I would.

You would give your adult kids in their late 20s $$$, if they have chosen to not "better themselves"?!?!!?

Yikes!


My kids are free to do whatever they want as adults. But along with that comes the common sense that they are responsible for all their bills and future finances. They need to learn to live a lifestyle THEY can support with all their choices.

I'm not supporting a kid who has chosen to take a low paying job that doesn't have much career advancement (yes, you could become a manager, but they don't make that much). Especially after I helped pay for college (in my case, paid so they don't have any loans). If they decide not to use the degree, that's their choice, but then they get to live with that choice.

I only financially support kids who actually need it, not just "want it"

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Anonymous wrote:She sounds like she is doing ok OP. She's probably making more money than she would be using her MSW.

but how long can a person play in a punk band, or pay your bills just by flipping burgers.

Well if it pays more than your MSW then how long can you pay doing that...

I don't think flipping burgers pays more than a work for someone with an MSW. Entry level social work in the DC are pays around $55K per year. And you get benefits, and probably a pension.

I doubt flipping burgers pays that much, and not sure if they get benefits. It sure doesn't provide a pension.

No one is "flipping burgers." She's likely a bartender or server at a Red Robin or something (if she's even near burgers at all and OP isn't exaggerating because she's furious about her kid working in the restaurant industry). In which case she absolutely could be making more than an MSW. OP's trying to get us to picture someone standing over the grill at McDonald's -- and I very much doubt that's it.