Son and I discussed our finances a couple of years back.
When I told him what his mother and I make[salary] he said "no way, you couldn't have bought this property making that" I asked him "have you ever seen us pull a sticker off of anything with wheels on it or buy a 'new' boat like so many of your friends families?"
It's not only buying a new boat or car that "kids" need to be taught to wait for.
I've always cracked up, in a sad sort of way, to see some 18-20 year old with a schiedtbox Hyundai or Kia and $4000 worth of wheels and tires on it. Likely financed.
They need to be taught to go to the goodwill store and get a used sofa, a used coffee table, and if need be get a hand me down TV from someone when they get their first apartment or house. Not only be taught to do that, but be taught it's OK to do that.
Then again, that might be...........................................BOOMERTHINK?
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
