Do you parents financially support you?

byrner88 · 23-11-2007 03:43PM

im 19 now , started work when i was 14 and im still in the same job . once i started work i started to hand up money to my parents , went to college and done a plc course and my parents paid for that as i was the only one out of my family to go to college . and it was a fee of €155 so it wasnt too much and i would have actually paid for it myself . and when i have my own children once they start working they'll be doing the same as i done, my parents dont give me " pocket money" i dont need it i have a job so

MagicMarker · 23-11-2007 04:19PM

InFront wrote: »

I think that's actually true though... I'm no expert, but the heat does gets rid of any creases, and you just fold.

For a few weeks, I had no Iron, and used to iron my shirts with a hair-dryer and my free hand. It works.

As long as you don't leave clothes sitting in a washing machine or dryer for long after they're done then they shouldn't be creased, or noticeably creased at least.

But thinking that a dryer actually irons your clothes is a bit pathetic tbh.

littlebitdull · 23-11-2007 05:20PM

Well I may have left home at 19 but my folks have always helped me out when I need it. To the extent of helping me with the deposit for the first house we bought two years ago .. when both myself and husband were in our 40's.... but I have always paid them back.

During my early 20s when times got hard I always knew they would help me out, it was always a loan, but there was never high interest, or any major rush to pay it back.

My own younglad is 17 next birthday, and hopefully we will be able to bail him out when he may need it...

Isn't that what family is for??

rubadub · 23-11-2007 07:32PM

InFront wrote: »

I think that's actually true though... I'm no expert, but the heat does gets rid of any creases, and you just fold.

For a few weeks, I had no Iron, and used to iron my shirts with a hair-dryer and my free hand. It works.

If you just hang certain shirts e.g. on a shower rail they will dry fairly crease free. I dont bother ironing most of my clothes, waste of my energy and electrical energy- a mate of mine irons everything, even socks & boxer shorts!

This guy was convinced it clothes came out perfect, was wondering why people with tumble driers bothered with irons, his mother was going mental when she found out! all the years of unappreciated ironing work!

kelle · 24-11-2007 09:44AM

rubadub wrote: »

The way house prices are it makes sense for people to stay home & save for a downpayment on a house. If they were out renting, their parents might get a lodger in for extra cash, and then be giving it to the kids since the rent is so high where they are. A lot of these parents are living in houses worth a fortune and renting second houses out to other peoples kids for a fortune.

If the houses were not so expensive and things like food were, you would have kids with cheap rent and high wages supporting the parents. Just basic sharing of wealth.

I must stress it was equally difficult to buy a house when they were "cheap"! In 1995, I was on good wages but a large percentage of it was overtime, and that was not taken into account - you were only allowed 2.5 times your basic wage, plus you were required to have 10% of the purchase price saved up. Anyway, I was turned down for a £40,000 mortgage.
So you had as many young people living with their parents then.
Admittedly, those of us lucky enough to get mortgages then were the real winners of the Celtic Tiger - as the interest rates lowered so did our payments and a lot of us were able to pay off our mortgages.

Terry wrote: »

My parents are dead.
The OP is an insensitive person and should refrain from asking people questions about their parents, lest he upset someone.

I, for one, am sick and tired of people who don't think about us minorities when they start threads like this. It has to be stopped.

Sorry for your losses, Terry. I'm in the same situation, but I wasn't offended by this thread.

Ekancone · 24-11-2007 10:17AM

I recently returned to college as a mature student, i get the odd fifty quid from the parents every now and then. It comes in handy.

ellenmelon · 25-11-2007 01:19AM

my parents moved to ireland when i was 18..i stayed here and went on teh dole while i repeated a leaving cert equiv. subject while on the dole...they paid for driving lessons and had me as a named driver on the car they had left here. other than that...on my own.

when i moved to ireland, lived at home for a while, paid a bit of board but was working full time so looked after myself really.

moved out nearly a year later, moved in with my boyfriend and didnt get any money off the folks at all for about two years.

im now 22 (23 in jan) and just after finishing my first year at college. we have to pay fees here in nz so i have a student loan and a living costs loan to pay the rent (both have to be paid back

) and i work casually when i can around a hectic college schedule. folks give me a bit of cash sometimes but the car i mentioned earlier is now in my name (i didnt buy it off them, just its in my name for ease) and i pay all to do with that. my partner,who i live with, helps out with making sure i dont starve cause he works full time.

my parents cant help out too much at the moment as they have me and my sister both at uni (she's worse off than me, by herself in england and getting mucked around with loans etc)..and my sister is going to be there a while LOL. my parents cant help us both so its on a case by case basis for want of a better term.

mental07 · 25-11-2007 02:21AM

Was in a situation where I moved house (or apartment, even) during the summer when I was unemployed. Parents gave me a bit of a dig out then for deposit etc. Felt terribly guilty but my dad insists I don't have to pay them back - and my parents are in no way loaded. I'm going to get them nice Christmas presents and generally spoil them for the holidays though

aequinoctium · 25-11-2007 03:37AM

i get a fixed amount and fund anything beyond it myself

25-11-2007 05:50AM

My parents live in the middle of nowhere, meaning I HAD to go away for college if I wanted to go, but they didn't see that as being their problem. I borrowed as much of a student loan as I could and they paid the rest of the expenses, which to be fair was a good bit (about 5000 euro/year). Myself and my 2 siblings are close in age, so all of us were in college together. Lived at home rent free during any summers I spent there and went on trips with my family for free while I was in college, that was pretty much it. Now I'm 22, just finished college and they don't support me at all. I just got a job 2 months ago and I'm paying all my rent, living expenses etc. If I did have an emergency they would try to help me (they're well off).

I thought I was a bit spoiled compared to most students in the UK (I'm from N.I) who have to work their way through college and take out huge bank loans on top of their regular loans but it seems to be normal in Ireland for Mammy and Daddy to take care of everything. When I came to Dublin to college was the first time I'd ever felt hard done by in any way compared to others. I find a lot of Irish students/young adults unbelievably spoiled and entitled. My boyfriend's sister gets 100 euro a week to go to college - while living at home. That's more than I got to live away, when I had food, bills, transport home, laundry etc etc to pay for (and most of my money was from loans!), and she still complains it isn't enough! It's just a whole different mentality. I think in the UK you're seen as an adult at 18, and anything your parents do for you after that is a nice bonus, as opposed to an obligation. Most people are expected to take out student loans unless their parents are ridiculously rich.

LuckyStar · 25-11-2007 03:47PM

My parents got me a loan at the start of every college year, think it was 1000 for the first 2 years and 1500 for the second, it wasn't a lot when you spread it over 36 weeks but was great for setting myself up with new clothes, books every September. For 3 of my 4 years I worked at the weekends and I worked for 2 of the summers aswell. I also got money for my birthday and for Christmas. They helped me out for my J1 aswell and my mam went halves with me on my first car. ( I pay the insurance though and will be paying the tax when its due).

I had a job in a supermarket until August and lived off my savings until I got my first proper job recently.

I don't pay any rent or anything like that.

MIN2511 · 25-11-2007 11:21PM

I do get a lot of handouts:), everything was paid for by my folks...holidays, shopping, rent, bills(including the credit card) especially as a student. And even now that i am done with college i still get some holidays:) and handouts
Have to send them on a world wide trip because they are the best!!

MagicMarker · 25-11-2007 11:26PM

MIN2511 wrote: »

I do get a lot of handouts:), everything was paid for by my folks...holidays, shopping, rent, bills(including the credit card) especially as a student. And even now that i am done with college i still get some holidays:) and handouts
Have to send them on a world wide trip because they are the best!!

You should get them to pay your visa fees

MIN2511 · 25-11-2007 11:35PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

You should get them to pay your visa fees

They would:D...
That was another thread, now don't be a spoil sport. If you have nothing to contribute to this thread then don't post here:p

Rb · 26-11-2007 12:45AM

Up until second year in college I got everything paid for, food, transport, nights out a few times a week, clothing etc. even though I'd been in various part-time jobs on a more or less constant basis since I was 15/16.

Now that I'm living outside of home I pay for everything myself. I get the very odd handout, for instance my mother just paid off a bunch of parking tickets I'd accumulated which was handy, but other than that I'm supporting myself.

Will be going back to college next year so will probably need a bit of help financially, given that I doubt I'll move home for it.

-Leelo- · 26-11-2007 12:25PM

I'm working full time and live at home with my Mam, she doesnt ask for nay money from me for rent etc. however I will start forking over money after Xmas as my baby is due early next year and so there will be more household expenses. My car payments, insurance etc. I pay for myself but my mam has often thrown me money when she knows Im stuck, so I've no complaints. With regards to buying a house, I know my Mam would help me out if she could, but she just wouldnt have it to give, nor would I expect her to.

Working in a mortgage company, its shocking to see how many people have parents who are happy to hand them 30 or 40 grand towards the cost of buying a house. I cant believe that people actually have that kind of money to give away.

Timothy Bryce · 26-11-2007 02:55PM

They don't support me but my dad pays my phone bill and gives me €200 to get my by....

hotnipples · 26-11-2007 05:40PM

I was washing my own clothes at 4. Cooking my own meals since 9. I'm a pretty awesome person.

MagicMarker · 26-11-2007 06:37PM

hotnipples wrote: »

I was washing my own clothes at 4. Cooking my own meals since 9. I'm a pretty awesome person.

Yeah? Well i gave birth to myself.

Do you parents financially support you?

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