My Parents Won't Help Me

[rob62521]

I have four words: false sense of entitlement

[cargirl86]

Originally Posted by MonkeyMama

Not exactly the same but I have a friend who complains to this day that her parents "Didn't pay for her college." All her whoas are because her parents didn't pay for her college. (She's in her 40s).

LOL, my mom complains of the same thing, except her complaints stem from her parents now claiming to the family and their friends that they did, indeed, pay for her college tuition. Which is admittedly frustrating, considering my mom is the one who worked her way through school.

This thread is funny.

[myrdale]

What does your wife think about moving?
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What about the 22 yr old son you are trying to get to move out of "your house"
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So, let me get this straight, your parents do not have enough food for your children though you live at home?
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Ohh ohh!! I love this your 33 years old and wanting to go to college, YET you have worked for Ford Motor Company for 35 years.
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Did I say 33, I misspoke, it's 54
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Why are you still at home anyway?? You earn $77k right?
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PLEASE PLEASE TAKE YOUR MEDS!!!

[disneysteve]

myrdale, "questions" isn't one person. That is the user ID Jeffrey uses to post questions that non-board members send to him. So those topics all came from different people.

[Broken Arrow]

Yeah, and besides, Pocky is over the counter. He should SHARE his meds.

[myrdale]

Originally Posted by disneysteve

myrdale, "questions" isn't one person. That is the user ID Jeffrey uses to post questions that non-board members send to him. So those topics all came from different people.

Ahhh thankyou for clarifying that. I feel like such a dork now. I thought the poor guy either had multiple personalities or was pullin our leg. I do apologize to any of the question petitioners I linked to above, but it really got sort of trippy reanding though the Questions's different post!

[kork13]

Originally Posted by myrdale

...........

PLEASE PLEASE TAKE YOUR MEDS!!!

.... i'm sorry to laugh, but that's hilarious.... I think it was more the confusion over "Question"'s varied comments that is so funny, yet so understandable. I totally understand where you're coming from, I thought the same thing myself until after reading a couple of "Question"'s posts i realized that jeffrey mentioned that he (jeffrey) posted them himself... hahahaha thank you for the chuckle.

[MoD]

Rather than insulting you like most of the other people on this thread, I'm going to give you some advice. I, unlike others apparently, think your parents should help you pay the cost of moving. My advice is this: They obviously want you gone, so move out right away without their help. Do not initiate any contact with them. Don't answer phone calls. Don't return emails. Don't return letters. Don't ever visit, ever! Pick a place to move to that is NOT within driving distance (at least eight hours away). Basically just snub them. If they don't want to help you, they don't have to enjoy your company or share in your success. When you have more money, definitely don't give any to them. They didn't help you, so why should you help them? Problem solved.

[mom-from-missouri]

Actually your parents are helping you by booting your bottom out. They are trying to teach you that you are a big boy and need to learn to make it on your own.

[simpleyme]

Originally Posted by myrdale

Ahhh thankyou for clarifying that. I feel like such a dork now. I thought the poor guy either had multiple personalities or was pullin our leg. I do apologize to any of the question petitioners I linked to above, but it really got sort of trippy reanding though the Questions's different post!

LOL I once thought it was a actual person as well;-)
I always look to see what kind of question and how many posts people have so I once thought questions was a long time poster and gave advice , then felt silly

[globetraveler]

J.o.b

[My English Castle]

we need to hear from this poor lead bottom young person.
Where is he?

[jIM_Ohio]

he was using mom and dad's computer I guess

[Gruntina]

I know the lad is not going to respond because this was posted by jeffrey as he was sharing one of the emails he recieved. I just wanted to contribute my thoughts to the other posters who have commented.

While I agree with all the others regarding the attitude of this lad, what comes to my mind is that obviously his parents played a big role raising him. While the parents may realized that and now taking action to make him learn by booting him out , that is quite a sudden change and hard to grasp thinking that your parents are doing it out of love instead of spite because they did not prepare him in the first place.

This lad is having some major growing pains and maybe more so than the average young adults who in the process of moving out.

[edmundo]

These post is great. There are a lot of advice, and suggestions. I think he gets a lot of opinion on what to do to his problem.

[LuxLiving]

This person has seen too many late night infomercials on using OPM (other people's money). See, question-poster, even if you could use OPM to finance your new independent life, you have to have some kind of personal income of your own to qualify for it.

Perhaps you could find a roommate that will let you move in with just this month's rent. Warning - they'll want some again next month and every month thereafter ON TIME.

Otherwise you'll have to wait to move out until you have some dollars of your own banked to pay deposits on a rental unit and deposits at the utility companies. For someone such as yourself I'd suggest getting an all bills paid efficiency apartment until you can wrap your mind around what it means to be an independent financial grown-up.

Mommie & Daddy have raised you this far, now it's time to sink or swim on your ownsome! Good luck to you and let us know how the job search goes. You may have to sell your favorite CD or ipod to a friend or on ebay or craigslist, or something in order to buy a local newspaper to look at the jobs available in the want-ads or try an online search.

What job skills do you have? Are you a male or female? Can you babysit, type, or wait tables?

To fly, you've gotta jump out of the nest! You can do this!

(uh, besides it being a horrid & laughable idea, to sue someone I think a lawyer would want to be PAID! You'd need YOUR OWN cash for that.)

[kork13]

Originally posted by Questions (not really):
"But.... but.... can't I sue mom and dad to pay the lawyer fees too? It works on Judge Judy's TV show....

Please pass the doritos."

......

[Bluezy]

Hilarious!