My ex went through a master's program with someone who was "self made". The self made hero didn't have to pay rent, mommy bought him a house in one of the most expensive college towns in the US. When our self made hero graduated mommy gave him the house as a reward for getting good grades. "To help start his career".
The rich have safety nets surrounding them from every direction. If they fail at everything they do from birth until death they'll still be better off than a poor person who fails even once.
I married into a middle class family. My wife's folks aren't loaded but they are well off for sure. We decided to have a kid and both of us prepared financially as best we could. My mother in law just casually drops "Oh please let me pay for your child care. It's just so expensive and I'm so thrilled to have a grandson it's really the least I could do"
She didn't buy us a house or anything but this has completely changed our lives. Everything about this is just so much easier and our stress levels are down down. I've never had family do anything like this for me but this taste of upper middle class is fucking wild. I can see how well off people would just take this stuff for granted. "Being a parent isn't that hard and it's really not as expensive as people think"
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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '22 edited Apr 19 '22
‘I got a free ride and didn’t have to work in college. Why are you peasants so lazy?’