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This is why people find it hard to relate with Owen. I don't think many people's parents on here spoil them like Owen's parents do. I've been in the work force since I was 16 and I've had to pay all my bills since I was like 17 (my mom has helped on a few bills, but I've paid the grand majority of them).
My family was never in the position to support me financially. There was no way my mum could have paid for my uni fees or anything like that.
Well I don't go out drinking every night so I can afford to do that. i'm just saying it seems to me that alot of students are living above their means.
Lol, neither do I.
Spending like 30-40 bucks on a meal for your own self seems highly unnecessary. And you're complaining about other people living "lavish" lifestyles? Lol.
Like even right now I just placed an online order for lunch -- nine bucks. What necessity do you have to spend that much on your own self?
I come from a upper middle-class upbringing and have always had what I need. But my mom was also a single payer when my parents divorced and we lived in one of the worst suburbs of Helsinki before we moved with my stepdad.
There was never a single time when my mom said "we cannot afford it", always good clothes and food on the table. But my mom, dad and stepdad never ceased to remind me from where the money is from. Hard work.
When I got my first job at 18 at the post office I had to pay rent, because that's how the world works. When I graduated from the Gymnasium and went to work again, the folks again asked for me to pay for my upkeep, though they knew that I needed to save money when I do my conscription.
And don't even think I got any money for getting good grades or doing some chores at home.
I will pass down this to my children. Nothing is ever free, and you have to learn the value of money.
Spending like 30-40 bucks on a meal for your own self seems highly unnecessary. And you're complaining about other people living "lavish" lifestyles? Lol.
Like even right now I just placed an online order for lunch -- nine bucks. What necessity do you have to spend that much on your own self?
Well, I don't always spend that but you have to consider the price of drinks etc.
I'm trying to cut back on eating out. I've only eaten out 2 or 3 times for the past three weeks that I've been in uni. Been cooking a lot of rice and yams which are the cheapest options
I come from quite a privileged background, probably more so than Owen, but I've been brought up the right way unlike him. Both of my parents are accountants and living in Surrey just outside of London so we are quite well off.
I've never been bankrolled or given stuff for free, though. I got some help at university, simply because I could not live off the £3,300 loan each year, it didn't even cover my rent which amounted to between £3,000 and £3,500 in the various years I was at uni. I was given £150/month from my parents to help, and I worked hard over summers so get enough money to have a good student life.
Even now, I am 23, just graduated and I live at home paying rent. I pay my part of petrol for the car that I share, I pay for insurance, and I help around the house. My grandparents came from a poor background, so my parents have good morals and have passed them on to me.
Owen is just a spoiled kid who will fail the second his parents turn off his bank payouts.
Well I don't go out drinking every night so I can afford to do that. i'm just saying it seems to me that alot of students are living above their means.
Well you are living beyond your means too, you are payrolled by your parents, you are not earning the money yoy spend & choose to shop where you do rather than at a cheaper supermarket...
And part of being a student is the lifestyle too, it's meant to be a time where you can enjoy yourself, before you settle into adult life with commitments. Students drinking every night doesn't mean they are wasting all their money on that anyway, as most bars will have special drinks offers for students. They are having fun, you should try it sometime
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