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re: New study finds married parents, not race, single biggest factor in success
Posted on 3/25/15 at 1:04 pm to the808bass
Posted on 3/25/15 at 1:04 pm to the808bass
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You're asking 15-30 year old children to act like adult men, but they've never seen one up close
OK fair enough to a point....at 15 we all know right from wrong and it shouldn't take until you're 30 to figure out who's doing it right and who isn't (real men vs. overage males).
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The reality is that no-fault divorce is a damaging force to a society, both sociologically and financially.
I agree but society's thin skin continues to allow people to blame everyone else for their issues instead of looking in the mirror and say "I've got to take control of my own life." My Mom and father divorced when I was 6 (I'm 55 now). At 14 or 15 I knew he was a POS & said "that will not be me."
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Posted on 3/25/15 at 1:15 pm to Wtodd
I've been preaching this at the top of the hilltop forever but no one listens
I come from a single parent household. My dad was around, but my parents weren't married.
I don't think that the avg married dude understands just how much better off they have it.
I see all this shite about parents giving their kids money to help them buy their first house, how kids parents help them finance their first car, how kids parents have saved money for college, none of that shite happens in a single parent house hold.
And my mom makes really good money. We lived in a upper middle class household, she drove a benz but still, anything beyond the here and now, isn't happening in a single parent house hold. My mom could not afford to put food on the table and clothes on my back and at the same time save for me to go to college. I had to work 2 jobs for an entire summer to scrape together enough to buy my first car.
When I was 18 years old I basically got luggage for my birhtday and was told to GTFO lol. My mom was ready for me to get on with my life so she could breathe financially.
I spent pretty much my entire 20's playing catchup to all my friends. I'm in a good place now but I had to do a lOT of work to get where I am, a lot of it would not have had to been done if I had the stability of a 2 parent house hold.
My best frined is a 27 about to be 28 year old female. Her parents have been married for almost 30 years. She STILL lives at home. She has a full time job, she owns a side business that she will run full time one day, her parents paid for her college and her brothers college. Because she lives at home and has a job making 50k a year she was able to save about 50 thousand dollars over the last 4 years. I make almost twice as much as she makes and I don't have 50k in the bank
So she will get married here later this year, her parents will pay for her wedding and she's off and running.
Not even getting into how kids are raised and what not.
I come from a single parent household. My dad was around, but my parents weren't married.
I don't think that the avg married dude understands just how much better off they have it.
I see all this shite about parents giving their kids money to help them buy their first house, how kids parents help them finance their first car, how kids parents have saved money for college, none of that shite happens in a single parent house hold.
And my mom makes really good money. We lived in a upper middle class household, she drove a benz but still, anything beyond the here and now, isn't happening in a single parent house hold. My mom could not afford to put food on the table and clothes on my back and at the same time save for me to go to college. I had to work 2 jobs for an entire summer to scrape together enough to buy my first car.
When I was 18 years old I basically got luggage for my birhtday and was told to GTFO lol. My mom was ready for me to get on with my life so she could breathe financially.
I spent pretty much my entire 20's playing catchup to all my friends. I'm in a good place now but I had to do a lOT of work to get where I am, a lot of it would not have had to been done if I had the stability of a 2 parent house hold.
My best frined is a 27 about to be 28 year old female. Her parents have been married for almost 30 years. She STILL lives at home. She has a full time job, she owns a side business that she will run full time one day, her parents paid for her college and her brothers college. Because she lives at home and has a job making 50k a year she was able to save about 50 thousand dollars over the last 4 years. I make almost twice as much as she makes and I don't have 50k in the bank
So she will get married here later this year, her parents will pay for her wedding and she's off and running.
Not even getting into how kids are raised and what not.
This post was edited on 3/25/15 at 1:17 pm
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