Bold assessment.

It’s not. If you have older parents today, you can do the math on what activities they’re doing and quickly determine that you’re never going to see a cent from them. My friends all report the same.

I may sound salty but I’m not. I’ve spent enough time on Reddit to know that the real nightmare is when your parents didn’t save anything and can’t still work. Then, you’re obligated to take care of them and they actively take away from both you and their grandchildren (if they didn’t outright block you from being able to have kids in the first place).

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CamJN 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Then, you’re obligated to take care of them

No, you very much are not.

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edot 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Well, in 3/5 of the United States you are. Look up filial laws. They’re rarely enforced but they’re there.

	▲	CamJN 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Well thankfully I don’t live in that broken country.

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jimbob45 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Most of us are thankful our parents took care of us and do love them. I recognize that it’s not everyone but I think most kids don’t want to see their parents suffer.

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Fire-Dragon-DoL 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

If a parent starts with a home bought by the grandparent and dual income and a lot of money, and end up not having a pension because they spent all the money on holidays and multiple homes and zero investing, would you feel like you need to support them?

I feel constantly conflicted, the previous generation started with way more and wasted a lot more and now we are called in to support them, affecting their grandchildren? I don't think that's ok

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hdgvhicv 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As a parent I would far rather suffer than see my kids suffer.

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Avicebron 2 days ago | parent [-]

As a child of parents who think like this, I refuse to let them.

	▲	saltcured 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		People with irresponsible parents often end up feeling less responsibility towards them. People with responsible parents often feel more responsibility towards them. Often, the irresponsible groups are suffering more consequences too, which adds to the bitterness. Of course there are other permutations, since life is full of so many uncontrollable factors.
	▲	hdgvhicv 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Believe it or not I’m also a child of parents So my kids should suffer more than me, and I should suffer more than my parents?

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CamJN 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> Most

I’d love to see a source for that.

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suttontom 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> I’ve spent enough time on Reddit to know

Please tell me you see the irony in this.