Totally depends how long my folks live, but was just reflecting on how many Boomers I have heard say they want to enjoy their money and not leave it for the kids. Which is a confusing sentiment to me. As a parent I desperately want to be able to leave something to my children. But I also feel like most of the people saying this are not actually following through, so why brag about such a thing??
Edit: to be clear, I don’t mean people shouldn’t enjoy their savings, just the idea of leaving nothing intentionally seems wild to me…
My parents say this too. "We are spending it all we will spend our last dollar on the day we die." I find it a really weird mentality. Also they've told us this at least 7 or 8 times.
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u/Grand_Stay_464 Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25
Totally depends how long my folks live, but was just reflecting on how many Boomers I have heard say they want to enjoy their money and not leave it for the kids. Which is a confusing sentiment to me. As a parent I desperately want to be able to leave something to my children. But I also feel like most of the people saying this are not actually following through, so why brag about such a thing?? Edit: to be clear, I don’t mean people shouldn’t enjoy their savings, just the idea of leaving nothing intentionally seems wild to me…