Anonymous wrote:"My parents are both psychologists. This is old old old family money. My parents have always said that money is for security and not to be spent (my relatives are very frugal!!!) it's to be passed on to the next generation. Seriously my Mom used to not even let me buy ziplock bags because she said they were too expensive and 'fancy'. For school lunches we used those old school baggies or parchment paper!"

Truly Dickens' material.

Anonymous wrote:If I could afford it, I would treat my children/grandchildren this way. As long as they're being productive on their own, why not?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i love how the OP states that the wives don't work. guess she doesn't consider being a stay at home mom real "work" - and if their families are dumb enough to foot the bill, who cares? you just want to sound self-righteous, like you DESERVE the life these people are living and they don't, but you just sound jealous to me.

OP here. try again. I'm a SAHM as well. But good job on trying to make this a SAH vs working mom debate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I'm not incorrect about how the wealth was obtained. All the parties involved have never had high paying jobs. For instance, the lawyer I mentioned making $100K is a federal attorney. Maybe $100K is a low estimate and he's actually making $150K--certainly I don't know his exact salary but it's not like he's making a ton of money (and never did).

And for all those who ask "how do i know these things about people?" Well, they're open and honest about them. People talk about such things. Not sure I would.

And each family was given money by parents, not grandparents. I wrote grandparents incorrectly. Not that this matters or changes things.

That all said, I said my piece, and now I'm done. I'm perfectly okay with our present financial state. We were given 100K for a down payment for our house from parents (in addition to the $300K we had saved). SO in a way I'm the pot calling the kettle black. However, I never felt right about taking this money and it caused a huge rift in my marriage (it was from my husband's parents and was between him and them) and so I have a difficult time imagining being an adult and having my entire life paid for by my parents. That's all. I'm jealous in the way that I'm also jealous that athletes make $100k/game or whatever. It doesn't keep me up at night but it just sort of annoys me. Not sure why.

And that's that.

"In a way"? Honey, you ARE the pot calling the kettle black.

You don't have a leg to stand on.

Sheesh.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you're a bitch. my parents are dead. would you prefer that?

-$160k HHI looking at $1mil houses

Who's a bitch?

My father's dead. So what's your point?

We have a HHI similar to yours and would NEVER look at $1m homes.

You're an idiot.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I'm not incorrect about how the wealth was obtained. All the parties involved have never had high paying jobs. For instance, the lawyer I mentioned making $100K is a federal attorney. Maybe $100K is a low estimate and he's actually making $150K--certainly I don't know his exact salary but it's not like he's making a ton of money (and never did).

And for all those who ask "how do i know these things about people?" Well, they're open and honest about them. People talk about such things. Not sure I would.

And each family was given money by parents, not grandparents. I wrote grandparents incorrectly. Not that this matters or changes things.

That all said, I said my piece, and now I'm done. I'm perfectly okay with our present financial state. We were given 100K for a down payment for our house from parents (in addition to the $300K we had saved). SO in a way I'm the pot calling the kettle black. However, I never felt right about taking this money and it caused a huge rift in my marriage (it was from my husband's parents and was between him and them) and so I have a difficult time imagining being an adult and having my entire life paid for by my parents. That's all. I'm jealous in the way that I'm also jealous that athletes make $100k/game or whatever. It doesn't keep me up at night but it just sort of annoys me. Not sure why.

And that's that.

Anonymous wrote:you're a bitch. my parents are dead. would you prefer that?

-$160k HHI looking at $1mil houses

Anonymous wrote:So, does living on the couch, in your parent's basement = living off them? If so, count me in haters.