MrHamza@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy are parents so obsessed with the idea of their kids "settling down"?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down17
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhy are parents so obsessed with the idea of their kids "settling down"?MrHamza@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareOpinionhaver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·2 months agoThey’ll not going to be around forever so they want to know you’ll be able to look after yourself.
minus-squarexylogx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd a grandkid or two would be nice…
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minus-squarethe_tab_key@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down4·edit-22 months agoThat selfish bastard! Using the money he earned himself on him! Fucking boomer …I get your point though (I think?), just not very obvious.
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minus-squareBossDj@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIt’s fair in a sense that his father may have left him inheritance
minus-squaremriormro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·2 months agoThis reeks of privilege, dawg. Check yourself.
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minus-squaremriormro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoFor the overwhelming majority of the US population the notion of an ‘inheritance’ has not nor will it ever cross their mind. Be bitter about the lack of social safety nets or any investments by those in power into the poor and middle class. Not because you aren’t getting something from a loved one you somehow believe you were owed.
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minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoIt’s his money, not yours
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minus-squareOpinionhaver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 months agoYou’re not obligated to have children - just like your dad isn’t obligated to leave you an inheritance.
minus-squareOpinionhaver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThe discussion wasn’t about them being insistent on grandkids - it was about you being insistent on inheritance. If you think they’re being unreasonable, then it’s worth recognizing that your own insistence might be just as unreasonable.
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They’ll not going to be around forever so they want to know you’ll be able to look after yourself.
And a grandkid or two would be nice…
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That selfish bastard! Using the money he earned himself on him! Fucking boomer
…I get your point though (I think?), just not very obvious.
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It’s fair in a sense that his father may have left him inheritance
This reeks of privilege, dawg. Check yourself.
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For the overwhelming majority of the US population the notion of an ‘inheritance’ has not nor will it ever cross their mind.
Be bitter about the lack of social safety nets or any investments by those in power into the poor and middle class.
Not because you aren’t getting something from a loved one you somehow believe you were owed.
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It’s his money, not yours
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You’re not obligated to have children - just like your dad isn’t obligated to leave you an inheritance.
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The discussion wasn’t about them being insistent on grandkids - it was about you being insistent on inheritance. If you think they’re being unreasonable, then it’s worth recognizing that your own insistence might be just as unreasonable.
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