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How much of the stuff you have did you work for?

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I you count my wife and my money as the same we have purchased most of what we have. Our families have been more than generous to us in financial gifts (we usually save these) but the stuff we buy is mostly with our own earnings.
 
My parents paid for pretty much everything until I graduated and got a job. Paid for school, new car, plenty of spending money, etc. Yes I was spoiled but my parents weren't hurting either.

Pretty much everything I own now I've worked for.
 
I'm married, so I really don't have anything unless I continue to be married (whether I paid for it or not really has no significant bearing). 🙂
 
-Grew up poor, but not needy.........
-Full time job (when possible) at age 13, paid for all I had (needed) growing up.
-5 yrs in the Army. I paid for all the beer I could drink 🙂 .........
- College, Army paid for that, but I earned it!
- Now I have a New house two new cars, a stay at home wife and 10 month old boy. So yup, still paying for everything and could not be happier...........
 
People who work for their posessions are much more elite than those who are handed things. But when you roll up to me in my handed-down 2001 BMW M3, and you are driving your self-paid for '88 Ford Tempo... I will still roast your ass.
 
my parents pay for necessities, i pay for my own goodies.

necessities being the bed i sleep on and the desk i work on. everything else was out of my pocket.
 
Man, there have been a lot of posts since I left work. This has been a rather interesting aspect of my life, and at many times. When I first moved out, I joined the Navy, and that was it for a while. I bought a laptop, and that was it for the longest time. Spent most of my money drinking, but damn I had fun. I got my first apartment at 21, and I was damn proud. Now, I'm making about $40,000, and that is about to go up, and I've done quite well. I'm making more than my parents, which I think is a decent goal in life--I hope my children do better in every way than I. I've went from lower class to upper middle class. And that is an amazing thing to do I think. My wife comes from mid-middle class to upper middle class, and I think about that a lot, beside it would kill me if I dragged her down to where I was. And the other thing that kills me is the fact of how bad the rest of my family is doing. My sister lives in completely shitty conditions, but it would kind of be wrong for me to fix it, because I can't do everything for her. If she needs something, she knows that she can turn to me for help. But it kills me sometimes when I think about it. The difference between us that helps me make it, is the fact that while they have lived their normal lives, I've paid my dues in my life in the Navy.

I think it always returns to the fact that everything in this world is balanced, one way or another. Law of Equivalent Exchange.
Tas.
 
Originally posted by: bonkers325
my parents pay for necessities, i pay for my own goodies.

necessities being the bed i sleep on and the desk i work on. everything else was out of my pocket.
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Pretty much all. I get stupid or ridiculous gifts for holidays/birthdays that get thrown away. But my brother gives me cool computer parts though...
 
I get gifts that I appriciate very much, mostly because I don't buy myself a lot of things. I buy stuff I need, and fun stuff comes from other people in the form of gifts for birthdays, Christmas, Father's Day, etc. I like it like that too.
 
Everything in my room was paid for myself. The only thing I do not pay for is food and toiletries (I live at home so my parents buy this stuff).
 
I don't pay for my room and board. I plan on paying my parents back for that though. My schooling is paid for via loans. All the objects in my room were paid for by me...well except for the laptop I'm typing this on, it was a graduation gift.
 
Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
I don't pay for my room and board. I plan on paying my parents back for that though. My schooling is paid for via loans. All the objects in my room were paid for by me...well except for the laptop I'm typing this on, it was a graduation gift.
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You know, I used to think I would do that too. Then I realized that it is the point of parenting to do that, and the way you pay them back is to do the same for your children as much as you are capable of. My thoughts anyway.
Tas.
 
Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
I don't pay for my room and board. I plan on paying my parents back for that though. My schooling is paid for via loans. All the objects in my room were paid for by me...well except for the laptop I'm typing this on, it was a graduation gift.
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You know, I used to think I would do that too. Then I realized that it is the point of parenting to do that, and the way you pay them back is to do the same for your children as much as you are capable of. My thoughts anyway.
Tas.
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Exactly. They're paying for that stuff for you so you can get a good education and make something of yourself. If you are able to do that, your parents have succeeded in their job. You don't have to pay them back, you just have to appriciate the things they do to show how much they love you.

I plan on doing everything I can so my kids don't feel they have to work to pay for school. I want them to focus on learning. My parents insisted I work through college and the job interfered with school so much I ended up with a lousy 2.5 GPA. I don't want my kids to have to do that.
 
I pay for all my own stuff, I also sometimes Help my mom out when she has problems. (IE, Gave her a 27inch TV, bought her a new Dishwasher when hers broke (and I don't even have one myself ... hmmph), Bought her a new washing machine when her's broke, etc)
 
The only thing I have now that I didn't pay for is my truck. My father-in-law gave it to me when my wife and I were struggling a little bit. At the time, it had over 130,000 miles on it, and it is now approaching 225,000 miles. I paid for my own college. My wife and I are paying for our own house.
 
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