Family situation, need some advice - Page 4

poison_lady · #31 08-06-2005, 12:38 AM

One day when you are a parent with kids of your own you will understand. Sometimes when you are young you don't realize all the sacrifices your parents go through for you.

DavidC · #32 08-06-2005, 12:44 AM

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a big hit to my net worth going into the college year (cost $350, I have about $2100).

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You need to stop referring to the amount of money you have as your net worth.

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I'm mildly curious here... if he doesn't own the car or his computer, etc. then what is his net worth (my guess, the amount of money he has less his debts). [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

DavidC · #33 08-06-2005, 12:49 AM

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a big hit to my net worth going into the college year (cost $350, I have about $2100).

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You need to stop referring to the amount of money you have as your net worth.

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I'm mildly curious here... if he doesn't own the car or his computer, etc. then what is his net worth (my guess, the amount of money he has less his debts). [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Technically, I guess one day you can wake up and your parents can say, "Guess what, I'm taking all those clothes that I bought you back. I was just lending them to you."

It'd be a tad embarassing, and really surreal, but I don't know how I could stop them (when I was younger, anyways).

KaneKungFu123 · #34 08-06-2005, 12:57 AM

when i was 8 my grandpa gave me a sweater. then he told me to get a job.

KaneKungFu123 · #35 08-06-2005, 01:00 AM

let me give u the 411.

a parent denying cell phone service to their teenager is like totally a crime against the world.

MEbenhoe · #36 08-06-2005, 01:12 AM

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fine, will you stake me for .02-.04 NLHE, please?

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yes

P.S. is 1000 BBs enough to get you started?

tripdad · #37 08-06-2005, 01:29 AM

from a parent's standpoint (though not a parent of a child your age), i think your parents are being ridiculous. it seems to me that attaching strings to gifts such as these can only teach a kid to suck up to people if they think they can squeeze something out of them.

as for my kids, they will get a job when they are old enough to do so, and pay for their own vehicles, cell phones, and college. sure, i'll let'em drive my car if they need it and can't afford to buy one, but i'm not shelling out for cell phones. hell, there wasn't such a thing when i was a teenager(well, i knew one person who had one when they first came out, but it was the size of a friggin' purse).

i'll take care of their clothing, food and shelter, give them a solid moral and educational foundation, but they will learn early in life that handouts aren't available to most people in adult life...that they are the captains of their own ship. let's not forget that we live in a capitalist society, and it's survival of the fittest.

cheers!

shadow29 · #38 08-06-2005, 01:47 AM

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as for my kids, they will get a job when they are old enough to do so, and pay for their own vehicles, cell phones, and college.

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wow. maybe im just spoiled but theres no way i could be going to the school to which i go w/o my parents paying for it. mebe you can rethink if they get into an elite school that costs $$. i know they would appreciate it (like i most certainly do).

#39 08-06-2005, 02:19 AM

You need to stand on your own two feet son.

Denny Crane.

Lazymeatball · #40 08-06-2005, 02:33 AM

Well, your option is to spend $350 and get a free 12 year old truck next fall. That ain't bad value. Forget the fact that the truck has been your so far, because if your parents, or your grandad or mom or whatever the situation is gave it to you, and it's still in your mom's name, and she pays for insurance, it's not your truck.

btw, is the dent purely a cosmetic defect, or does it somehow affect the function of the truck?