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Originally Posted by ghoastgirl1
A lot of people would like the privilege of turning down a job of cleaning up cat poo, but I do have it and I did because it was the best call for me. Think what you like of me being a silver-spooned brat. I'm not, and I know that. Also it was 40 miles of driving a day just for work. No thanks, not when gas prices are on the rise.
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I wouldn't call you a silver-spooned brat, but I think that your environment has somewhat skewed your view of what's privileged. The same thing happened to me during my upbringing; I live in a rich town where it's not uncommon for a kid to get a BMW for heis 16th birthday, so not getting my license until I was 18 and having to borrow one of my parents' cars when they were home and then getting a Buick as my first car seemed really unfair to me. I'm still not thrilled with the fact that I wasn't able to go away to college and still live at home, but at least I had the opportunity for higher education.
At my first job at Radio Shack, I worked with people from the big city next to my town who had to spend two hours taking four buses to get to and from work and lived with three people in a one-bedroom apartment. Once I was out of the bubble of upper class suburbia, I realized just how much I had and was grateful for it. I suspect you grew up in a pretty nice area like I did, and have a perspective like I did a few years ago when I was your age.
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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college?
The IRA? WTF?
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This is now the best post in the thread.
But seriously, in the US it's an Individual Retirement Account.