Were/are your parents wealthy?

[LogicalLifts]

If so: how much did their wealth affect your life's trajectory?

If not: how much did the lack of wealth affect your life's trajectory?

[hendrixfreak70]

I was pretty poor growing up. It affected me greatly. I'm not poor anymore though.

[DuracellBunny]

I grew up on welfare.

We are all products of our environment and I am no exception. Where and when I grew up, debt was seen as bad, so no matter how much money I have and how much I understand debt, debt makes me uncomfortable.

I lacked a lot of the life experiences that most of my contemporaries had at college e.g. I'd never been on a plane, but I didn't miss out on any "opportunities", so to speak.

[GaryRidgway]

The middlest of middle class

[LogicalLifts]

I was pretty poor growing up. It affected me greatly. I'm not poor anymore though.

Lots of bullying? Kids can be vicious, and it gets a lot worse in high school.

I grew up on welfare.

We are all products of our environment and I am no exception. Where and when I grew up, debt was seen as bad, so no matter how much money I have and how much I understand debt, debt makes me uncomfortable.

I lacked a lot of the life experiences that most of my contemporaries had at college e.g. I'd never been on a plane, but I didn't miss out on any "opportunities", so to speak.

Products of our environment we are, without a doubt, but the 'environment' is the whole, and 'wealth' a part.

I grew up in a 'rather wealthy' way, but knew of cases where, e.g., the rich surgeon had an affair with the nanny of his kid while his wife was out, nasty divorce etc. So 'wealth' never really meant much to me in that sense. The toys, though...

One of our neighbors had a Lamborghini Countach. I can still remember my dad deriding it as a waste of money, heh.

[GooBaaa]

Nope

Dad is self made and my mom landed a cushion union job later in life

Left his business to me and I’ll leave to my kid

[Polaris]

They were not.



(Not a rentcel btw).

[Redfish225]

I was pretty poor growing up. It affected me greatly. I'm not poor anymore though.

This^^^

[eddiehaskell]

For those without wealthy parents -- what would misc call your parents if they they came to misc? bums? poorcels?

[hendrixfreak70]

Lots of bullying? Kids can be vicious, and it gets a lot worse in high school.



Products of our environment we are, without a doubt, but the 'environment' is the whole, and 'wealth' a part.

I grew up in a 'rather wealthy' way, but knew of cases where, e.g., the rich surgeon had an affair with the nanny of his kid while his wife was out, nasty divorce etc. So 'wealth' never really meant much to me in that sense. The toys, though...

One of our neighbors had a Lamborghini Countach. I can still remember my dad deriding it as a waste of money, heh.

Yep, lots of bullying. I wore the same clothes two or three times a week. They got washed but at a laundromat. Going to a restaurant was a treat, which was always McDonald's. When we could afford it we had meat for supper at the apartment we were in, but it was rare. I ate macaroni and cheese, garlic rolls, and French fries a few times a week. My mom worked a full time job, part time job, and a seasonal job.


Even though times were hard, they were good.

[LogicalLifts]

The middlest of middle class

So, smooth sailing then?

yeah they are wealthy but cuz they never took much care of their kids

brb eat cold cereal everyday
brb american cheese sandwhich (on white bread) everyday
brb fishsticks and fries for supper

Your parents are wealthy 'because' they cheaped out on their kids?

[r32gojirra]

My parents were quite wealthy until the 90’s lol

[LogicalLifts]

Nope
Dad is self made and my mom landed a cushion union job later in life
Left his business to me and I’ll leave to my kid

I knew someone once who had a unionized stadium worker contract. He claimed he'd go for hockey games and work a pizza stand, but since folks never got up except between periods he'd go stand near the seats and just watch the game. And it was a very decent /hr too, lol.

Cool of your dad to leave his business to you - nice to have a legacy for your kid (you're not a father yet, right?)

They were not.



(Not a rentcel btw).

I know you're not a rentcel. Are you more wealthy than they were? Asking as you're a single income household iirc.

[GaryRidgway]

So, smooth sailing then?

Older bro died and myself and younger brother are failures.

[LogicalLifts]

This^^^

You seem like you're doing well, bro. But you should've posted 'after' pics of that lamb, not just the 'before' shots

[DuracellBunny]

Lots of bullying? Kids can be vicious, and it gets a lot worse in high school.



Products of our environment we are, without a doubt, but the 'environment' is the whole, and 'wealth' a part.

I grew up in a 'rather wealthy' way, but knew of cases where, e.g., the rich surgeon had an affair with the nanny of his kid while his wife was out, nasty divorce etc. So 'wealth' never really meant much to me in that sense. The toys, though...

One of our neighbors had a Lamborghini Countach. I can still remember my dad deriding it as a waste of money, heh.

Mini lifestory time.

At 11, my school had no idea what to do with me, so they cleared out a broom closet, put a desk in there, called it my office and left my to teach myself.

Did GCSEs at 13, A levels at 15 and had offers to start college at 16.

I was broke and not socially ready for college, so I worked until 18.

I arrived at college with more experience of "the real world", and an undertstanding of why I was there, than anybody else I knew. I wasn't there to please my parents, or have fun for a few years, I was there as a way out.

Head hunted from college.

After a few years I set up on my own.

People pull faces at my working 80 hour weeks for 20 years, which just tells me that they have never been truly hungry.

Growing up broke gave me a work ethic that the comfy middle class kids just didn't have.

[Polaris]

I know you're not a rentcel. Are you more wealthy than they were? Asking as you're a single income household iirc.

Yeah, I've actually caught feels for some fairly plain/nerdy girl at work (I like the cute nerdy and I also really like intelligence). Who would have thought? I haven't pursued it so far though, but I might cave.

That being said - yeah, my economic situation is better (especially since my mom was a stay at home).

[LogicalLifts]

My parents were quite wealthy until the 90’s lol

Were they property speculators? Some markets had juicy gains, think like: 350k in 1988 (bought), 1.3m in 1991 (sold)...

Older bro died and myself and younger brother are failures.

I can't tell if you're trolling, but in case you're not: sorry for your loss, and I hope you and your younger brother will make it.

[Dontoewsmebro]

The most cookie cutter as you can be I was that family in the movie American Pie, Varsity Blues etc we were generic AF lmao. Not Wealthy but median I guess.

[DarthCholo]

nope. slept on the floor of a rented converted 2 car garage until i was 5. Parents went from Garage->1bdr Apt->Duplex->Ranch home. Financed my own wardrobe and activities since first job when i was 15. My family and brothers and sisters now are thriving in the most expensive places to live in the world.

[Godfrd824]

I'm parents were poor as fuk for all of my childhood. It have me a complex.

[ZAPATON]

Parents were wealthy until I was 20, now we're middle class. I'm too content now, no hunger to achieve greatness or more money, just fine living having enough and have free time to waste.

[Dontoewsmebro]

I'm parents were poor as fuk for all of my childhood. It have me a complex.

Shut up

[OliverHeldens]

Growing up, we were members at a decent Country Club and I had a bunch of friends who would be conisidered "Upper Middle Class" and generally do well, but I wouldn't have considered my family wealthy at the time. However, my dad did start buying prime rental properties and he owned like 15 houses by the time I was in college. Then in 2005 he inherited 6 additional prime properties from this old lady, and at that point I officially considerd my family wealthy.

The thing is, although he was smart enough to buy properties in good locations, my dad has always been very unsophisticated in terms of management. Right now, Net Worth is probably like $40-45M, but if he managed his properties properly and allowed me to manage Development during the 2012-2015 era like I was pushing for, he could easily have a Net Worth of $75M+ at this point.

Has family wealth impacted my life? Kinda. I was always going to work for the family business, but once my dad inherited properties from this lady when I was in college, I definitely took my foot off of the gas. Went from being a straight A student in college to being ok with average grades. Went to Law School for a year, but decided that I really had no interest in finishing and was not interested in taking on the debt once my parents stopped paying for it. I was never going to be someone who moved to a big city and worked my way up the corporate ladder and marry some 6/10 girl and bought a house in the suburbs. So I'd imagine things are pretty much in the same ballpark as they would have been if I kept going hard with school.

[jmal2000]

We were rich when all the way up to Middle School with me. Then we had financial problems. My father opened credits and loans under my moms name. Then when I got to college he did the same with me. I didn't find out until he died. I was left with enormous amount of debt going out of college because of my dad. I miss him. I don't like what he did. But its whatever.

[Godfrd824]

We were rich when all the way up to Middle School with me. Then we had financial problems. My father opened credits and loans under my moms name. Then when I got to college he did the same with me. I didn't find out until he died. I was left with enormous amount of debt going out of college because of my dad. I miss him. I don't like what he did. But its whatever.

Is that why you methed?

[r32gojirra]

Were they property speculators? Some markets had juicy gains, think like: 350k in 1988 (bought), 1.3m in 1991 (sold)...

Lmao no

My parents had their properties issued to them by the government

[Paul Kreul]

Parents were pretty well off but my step dad was Jewish and had me washing cars and mowing lawn in the neighborhood when I was 13. Had to get a workers permit at 15 1/2, and work two jobs to get through college.

[BigDeeps01]

Grew up poor and lost both parents early, on my own at 16 and joined the military at 18

I definitely feel like I got a much slower start to life because I had to figure everything out on my own and made tons of mistakes

Finally made it and found my way. Now have immense resentment for anyone who grew up rich lol

[AnaboLecter]

We're pretty middle classed, but we lived like poor people for a long time just so we can breathe easier today. As for me, I'm a poor man, I still live at home though, so god knows what I'll do when my parent's pass away. : /