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To think that living off a trust fund or parental income is no better than living off benefits.....

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Ravenspeckingearly · 28/03/2021 21:59

.....in terms of the example you set your children.
I’ve crossed paths with a few of these types lately.....grown adults who do nothing except the school run twice a day (both parents do both trips) and spend the money that drops into their accounts on a monthly basis. Surely it just teaches their offspring that adult life is all about the gym and lunching? Can you teach your own children about ‘adulting’ if you’ve never had to do it yourself?
I know a couple of other adults who have trust funds or are heavily supported by parents to live a very affluent life, but they also have jobs, mostly in highly competitive professions.
Thoughts please.

OP posts:
partyatthepalace · 29/03/2021 22:17

If you have the money not to work, surely it is harmless to choose not to work?

Or is it that you are jealous?

Cloudyrainsham · 29/03/2021 22:20

Thoughts are it’s absolutely none of your business.

TaraRhu · 29/03/2021 22:38

Er no because it's their money and isn't costing the rest of us. Yes, it's not fair that some people are free of the need to work but that's life.

Icenii · 29/03/2021 22:43

Who is to say the rat race is the correct way to live? We haven't designed our own way of life on an individual bases, society designed it for us.

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