My folks didn’t make this offer and I’m not going to make this offer.
Same here; I doubt many parents are able to. I work with many people approaching retirement age who are helping their adult children pay off school...
My folks didn’t make this offer and I’m not going to make this offer.””’
I bought my first house in 1966when I was 26 & making about $6 an hour. House payment cost $1 a month more than my unfurnished apartment.
My Dad was making $252 a month on Social Security when he died in 1980.
I had been paying his property taxes-—prox $2000 a year in Wisconsin—and had been buying his propane for his heat. I also bought his lawn mower.
IMO, this is a perfect case of ‘You reap what you sow”.
Those ‘participation’ trophies are coming home to roost.
I know people who pay more for their precious cell phone bills than a house payment would cost them.
Cannot fix stupid.