YBM posters are mostly wealthy women. Generational wealth. Grandparents will pay for their kids college. I’m jealous.
posted May 22nd, 2022 at 9:25am in Toddler
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- I dont know if we are mostly this way, but yes some are. 5-22-2022 9:26am
- I posted that my dad has a 529. No generational wealth. He left home at 18 and never received anything from his mom and stepfather. On my mom’s side, she paid off her parents...(more) 5-22-2022 9:27am
- Your dad is paying for your dc. That’s wealth right there. 5-22-2022 9:29am +1 like
- I posted about grandparents paying for DC, didn't grow up wealthy at all. My parents would raise the thermostat to 70 as a treat on Christmas and for my birthday in January. Not...(more) 5-22-2022 9:27am
- So it must feel so wondeful for your parents to pay for your kids' college. I think that's great. 5-22-2022 9:29am
- it does seem to, yes 5-22-2022 9:31am
- My parents saved their money too. But it was pathalogically frugal. My mom's law firm was imploding so she brough pb&j for lunch while she had 5 mil in the bank 5-22-2022 9:30am
- OR and my parents were not pathologically frugal, they legitimately had very little money. They were young when they became parents which was part of it but the life of beans and...(more) 5-22-2022 9:32am +1 likerice, selling plasma so my dad could buy new work shoes, etc. was out of necessity not preference
- I understand. As a poster below pointed out, there is also a lack of understanding (by some) of how wealth is created 5-22-2022 9:33am
- You can’t save if you are dirt poor. That’s now how wealth is created. 5-22-2022 9:34am
- Yes. Sorry. Not trying to say it is. Many people on YBM say "how can I save on 200 in ,NYC" where what they have to do is make different choices 5-22-2022 9:36am
- Like live in a cardboard box? 5-22-2022 9:54am
- Yes. Sorry. Not trying to say it is. Many people on YBM say "how can I save on 200 in ,NYC" where what they have to do is make different choices 5-22-2022 9:36am
- You can’t save if you are dirt poor. That’s now how wealth is created. 5-22-2022 9:34am
- I understand. As a poster below pointed out, there is also a lack of understanding (by some) of how wealth is created 5-22-2022 9:33am
- OR and my parents were not pathologically frugal, they legitimately had very little money. They were young when they became parents which was part of it but the life of beans and...(more) 5-22-2022 9:32am +1 like
- So it must feel so wondeful for your parents to pay for your kids' college. I think that's great. 5-22-2022 9:29am
- some are, some aren't. 5-22-2022 9:27am
- Surprises me too. I'd think they wouldn't stoop to YBM level with the regular folks. 5-22-2022 9:28am
- I think my parents feel guilty they couldn't pay for mine so I had debt 5-22-2022 9:29am
- Yes. And it is one of the reasons that people dont understand the continued impact of segregation, red lining and not equal benefits of post ww2 soldiers 5-22-2022 9:29am
- From the response here, they still don’t understand it seems. It blew my mind. 5-22-2022 9:31am
- Well here are more liberal so they actually understand it better than maga or conservatives...(more) 5-22-2022 9:35am
- From the response here, they still don’t understand it seems. It blew my mind. 5-22-2022 9:31am
- Many of those grandparents grew up in an extremely frugal environment and learned to save. It didn't just "happen" like some seem to think. It was deliberate. They gave up a lot...(more) 5-22-2022 9:29am +2 likes
- You can’t save at all if you are really poor. 5-22-2022 9:35am
- They were probably educated and it was easier for educated people to have a middle class lifestyle and save 60 years ago. 5-22-2022 9:48am
- Id say most arent. In fact anyone could say anything, just because theyre bored. Like, my uncle died and left me a 50 ft boat, I dont really like boating, what should i do? Kwim 5-22-2022 9:29am +2 likes
- Boat is wealth. 5-22-2022 9:32am
- she is saying that it's an anonymous board and a lot of what people claim here is probably exaggerated 5-22-2022 9:34am
- Boat is wealth. 5-22-2022 9:32am
- My sense is most here are very well off but only for a small % is it generational. For most, they or dh are in the professional class. 5-22-2022 9:30am +1 like
- Their opinions aren’t so objective though, quite biased due to their wealth. 5-22-2022 9:33am +1 like