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Yakk · 01-04-2005, 11:09 AM

Learning to carry your own weight is the only way society as a whole can function.

Either you are carrying your own weight, or you are dragging down someone else. Do you know how much a car is worth? Do you understand how hard you have to work in order to maintain an 'adequit' quality of life? Quite probably not.

Either you will live out your entire life on your parent's dole, or you will one day be forced to carry yourself, or you will find someone else to carry you. Starting to carry yourself, learning the cost of things, and understanding what 'being productive' means is important if you want to be able to carry yourself.

Yes, it is easy to live off your parents largess. Possibly you can live your entire life leaching off your folks productive efforts. I'd be too proud to do this, personally.

On the greedy, self-serving side, learning how to carry your own weight will allow you to live well in the short term, and your folks will eventually croak, and every penny of theirs you didn't spend you can inherit! =p~ Plus, chicks dig men who aren't living in their parent's basement.

Amoung my circle of old-high-school friends, one of them is living with a relative (aunt) as he searches for perminate job, and everyone else is living on their own, and I suspect self-supporting. When I was your age, most of my high school buddies where in school. Half of them where living with their folks, half of them where in student housing -- none owned a car -- and a few where employed, with the start of a family going.

Your goal should be to become self supporting. Ideally your parents should want to support you more than you want to be supported -- it is time for you to prepare to cut the apron strings.

01-04-2005, 11:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	Learning to carry your own weight is the only way society as a whole can function. Either you are carrying your own weight, or you are dragging down someone else. Do you know how much a car is worth? Do you understand how hard you have to work in order to maintain an 'adequit' quality of life? Quite probably not. Either you will live out your entire life on your parent's dole, or you will one day be forced to carry yourself, or you will find someone else to carry you. Starting to carry yourself, learning the cost of things, and understanding what 'being productive' means is important if you want to be able to carry yourself. Yes, it is easy to live off your parents largess. Possibly you can live your entire life leaching off your folks productive efforts. I'd be too proud to do this, personally. On the greedy, self-serving side, learning how to carry your own weight will allow you to live well in the short term, and your folks will eventually croak, and every penny of theirs you didn't spend you can inherit! =p~ Plus, chicks dig men who aren't living in their parent's basement. Amoung my circle of old-high-school friends, one of them is living with a relative (aunt) as he searches for perminate job, and everyone else is living on their own, and I suspect self-supporting. When I was your age, most of my high school buddies where in school. Half of them where living with their folks, half of them where in student housing -- none owned a car -- and a few where employed, with the start of a family going. Your goal should be to become self supporting. Ideally your parents should want to support you more than you want to be supported -- it is time for you to prepare to cut the apron strings. __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.