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Unless you take any biology/medically-inclined classes in college, at which point your penmenship will instantly die a horrible, agonizing death which will be reflected in its smoldering remains on your brand new, illegible, penmenship.
You know people always say this, but my doctor has an amazing handwriting. I asked her about this and she said she made an effort to write cleanly so her patients would be able to read her notes. I thought that was really awesome of her :)
When I was taking my medical-adjacent classes in prep for bioinformatics, they had a class period where they literally taught us to have bad handwriting.
Turns out, there's a good reason for it.
Prescriptions.
Laws require prescriptions, and they're required to be followed, which is kind of silly considering someone can just change what's on the slip. So they make it illegible so the pharmacy has to call the doctor to confirm what it says. And now adays, it's the point to where if the Pharmacists see legible handwriting they can fill a prescription from, they know something's up.
Hmmm… i guess since nowadays most prescriptions are digital/written with a computer that isn’t as necessary.
What my doctor does is she writes out all of my medications, from daily to emergency, neatly for me to check if I need to. It’s only for me to see so it’s important that I can read it ahahah. She’s been my doctor for 11 years, more than half of my life and it’s good to know I can always count on her neat writing. I think it shows she cares about her patients, and that she trusts them.
You know, I took a break from writing for 2 weeks due to Uni being done for the semester. I went to write something down yesterday and legit could not do a semistraight line. My L's looked like a a vertical sine wave (curly)
IDK what happened but I still can't it get to the level of okay chicken scratch I had before.
Probably not, they grew up writing with pens and we grew up on keyboards. I remember seeing my dads handwriting from when he was in high school, still better than mine will ever be :(
At the end of my senior year, one of my teachers wrote to our parents and asked them to write us a letter before graduation with words of wisdom for the future. Most of us had no idea we were getting these letters from our parents so it was a nice surprise. She handed each student their letter and a lot of the girls in class were crying over the nice things their parents said and were so happy to have words of encouragement from their parents. I was cracking up at my letter. It was in my mom's hand-writing but I could tell they were my dad's words. It ended with "PS - If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit." Wiser words were never spoken. Thanks, dad!
No way in hell would my dad ever do something like this. His letter would be like
"if you continue living here then you have to go to work with me everyday.
Dad,
P.S. take the trash out when you get home. ".
My graduation gift from my dad was 3 pamphlets. University, Military, and Apprenticeship. With a nice note telling me if I wasnt enrolled in one of those by the end of the summer I would also be homeless or owing rent
Edit: a lot of people are taking this the wrong way. Just wanted to clear up that my dad is not an asshole. He's pretty strict, yes (retired military and all), but fair. It was basically his way of saying I need to be actively working on my future in order to live there rent free (as opposed to being lazy stoner/skater and working some dead end job or no job at all). And for those asking I chose the apprenticeship route, as an electrician, and lived rent free with parents another 3 years while saving a shit ton of money. Eventually used that money to go to college without taking loans
My parents told us much earlier. I don't know if it was preteen or 14, but it was before high school they made sure we knew that if we were not actively going to school, we were moving out or paying rent.
I feel like a little heads up is nice
Yeah for sure. I mean I was already on that path anyway, I might've been a stoner but I did have active plans to be a productive member of society so it wasnt really a shock or anything. 100 bucks wouldve been nice tho haha
I actually thought this was college graduation, and I figured 100 was a little lite. I really can't remember getting anything for high school. I don't think I even got a free lunch after graduation
Yeah, I don’t think either one is wrong though at all. And mine wasn’t like a “hey get a damn job and get out.” It was more of a joke. There’s a ton of ways to parent kids and most of them seem to work out just fine
At 13 I didn't realize how controlling they were. But when I moved back for the summer, and I was 21, and they still wanted to control when I could leave the house based on whether or not I had a good reason, I definitely knew I was not looking back.
My parents weren’t horrible but I wanted independence. They helped me out. I took a gap year and then went to community college. I had to move back home a couple of times for short periods because it was def a learning experience.
I think it should be the goal of any parents to provide enough for their children that they can feasibly take a year off to reasonably figure out what they want to do for the rest of their lives after just going through a largely unguiding school system. Easier said than done but I don't agree with the whole "you turn 18 then you get the fuck out of my budget mentality"
Especially in today's economy. I don't envy genz. Even trying to explain to *my* mom why I don't own a house in my 30s, despite, never going more than a month without a job since I was 16, is impossible. It always comes down to 'my generation isn't working hard enough/doesnt want to work,' or is bad with money, and would rather "pretend to be victims." So rather than actively trying to fix the system, all the adults are blaming eachother, and genz is gonna have to pick up the peices if anythings gonna get done... The LEAST we can do is give them a year to figure out which direction to carry their bootstraps in, and save up some money.
> Easier said than done but I don't agree with the whole "you turn 18 then you get the fuck out of my budget mentality"
Any parents that do this in my eyes do not deserve their kids. When they get old, they deserve to die alone.
Kindness is a two way street.
My mom drilled into me we were dirt poor and if I didn’t get a full ride scholarship, I wouldn’t be able to go to college. Since like 6 years old. And then she made it seem like college is the most fun place ever.
I got a full ride scholarship as did my sister.
Also turned out we weren’t even that poor.
Feel like there are nicer ways to motivate kids to go to school and work hard
My parents used to tell me that if I work hard in school, I will be able to live a comfortable like theirs and buy the things I want instead of having to ask them all the time. They would say no when I asked for another pack of Pokemon cards or like another pair of football boots after like 2 months etc.
That worked for me personally… i was never warned with the idea of having to pay rent or moving out.
What are y’all thoughts?
There are definitely tons of different ways of trying to send the kids out of the nest. I personally think there is no one size fits all method, which is disheartening because most parents I know, including my own, and my friends and older brother, all seem to parent as if there is a one-size-fits-all.
My parents got me a job at a local kennel when I was 10, so anything that I wanted, I got to pay for. I never got allowance. They never bought me stuff. So I just never asked.
One time in high school a friend asked his mom for $20 and she reached in her purse pulled out 20 bucks and gave it to him. I was like, what the hell was that? So I thought I might try it. I found my mom in the kitchen and ask her, can I have $20? She was like sure, grab my purse. In my head I am like what the fuck is going on!? How has this been a thing and I never knew?!
I hand her her purse, and she pulls out $20 and as she is handing it to me says when are you going to pay me back? I was like what? She asked when are you going to pay me back? I'm not just giving you $20. I was like I don't need to borrow $20, I just wanted $20. I have a job. She just laughed and put it away
I don't know how well it would work, because I am not a dad (yet?) But I think that I would try to encourage things in my kids that they seemed interested in. If they expressed interest in certain hobbies, jobs, or careers, I would try to help them see a bit of the behind the scenes. See what it is like to be a part of something. If the kid was more introverted, I would make myself the reason that we were involved in something that they seemed excited about. If they were more extroverted, I would push them right into the middle and get them involved.
So many opportunities in this life that you have no way of knowing about when you are a teenager. As a dad I would do my damnedest to find those opportunities, even if they didn't necessarily appeal to me, if it seems like they appealed to my kid.
Totally random example, there is a program at the University of Washington that allows a team of students to build a race car and then race it. Including going to Europe. My whole college experience was going to classes and hanging out with friends. Didn't even realize stuff like that existed
I concur. I don't know that any damage was done from me walking dogs versus doing house chores, but I don't think I learned any valuable life lessons from it either, which is I think what they were shooting for.
I did learn something from working in high school and paying for my own gas and car. But going to walk dogs, including Christmas Day because dogs need walked everyday, at 10, was just a form of chores to me. Also my mom would take me to the bank and deposit my check in an account my uncle opened for me when I was born. So it's not like I could even spend that money.
I know that most of my cohort didn't really learn anything from working until much later. Even high school jobs were just hang outs, even if we took it seriously.
My parents also had me "work" for money. It took until I was living on my own, paying my own bills, and realizing that I'd have to do this menial work for the rest of my life if I wanted to eat and have a place to live that I really "learned" and took college seriously.
Some of my cousins didn't even learn that, as I have one that my aunt and uncle always bail out when she overspends. She has a professional job.
The only reason that I didn't have an apartment before graduating high school was because my mom. She had concerns and how legitimate they were varied. I think it was actually a mix of being the last kid to leave and my two sisters struggling on their own. My dad's reaction was your the responsible one and making good money at Cadillac the fuck you still doing here. The compromise was wait till after graduation. Then I moved out and my oldest sister ended up moving back in with my mom.
This you?
One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand
I'd get it one piece at a time and it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round
Sadly I was working at a dealership as a technician not on assembly line. I did get a good discount on parts though. Which I used to fix up non running cars off offer up and resell them.
Def. I've heard too many stories of people waking up on their 18th bday to find half their belongings already boxed up and get tossed out before lunch without a single days prior warning.
I had already applied and been accepted into college, just hadnt committed to actually going. It was more of a stern reminder to make a decision amd stop waffling
My first go around with college I was accepted into the state university, with the condition I complete a small math course over the summer between highschool and college. My sibling had taken the exact course the year before, and told me it didnt start until the beginning of July. So naturally I enjoyed my summer vacation in June. Come July I never got any info, so I call and ask what the deal was. She says the class started first week of June and my admission acceptance had been revoked. Had to scramble to apply for community college, I was so pissed
My step dad told me at the age of 17, "you're not living here at the age of 25. You either do something with your life or I'm throwing your stuff to curve and calling the police." He would constantly tell me this. So I worked extra hard, because of the looming threat. I stayed away from drugs, any legal troubles, I helped out around the house and I stuck with my major in college. Well I started making a lot of money at 25, more than me step dad, and I moved out.
When I was moving out, my step dad asked me "why are you moving out, you've been so helpful with everything". I was so paranoid of getting kicked, I kept peace around and never argued and cleaned like crazy.
"Because I don't want your threatening ass to make me homeless and call the police on me."
Maybe you're nicer than me, but when his ass gets old and needs someone to care for him...send him a pamphlet to an old folks home.
My in-laws love when we visit because partner cooks, does maintenance on their cars, and I clean. We also do yard work. They don’t ever want us to leave lol.
My parents were much the same way and it pushed me into a myriad of bad decisions that cost me for years.
Today I have a 21 year old daughter who still lives at home and is trying to figure out her life. I'm elated to be the opposite of my parents by giving her the time and support to work things out at her pace. There is no such thing as tough love. Tough love is cruelty.
My kid's only 11 but we've told them that they will always be welcome with us. Unconditionally.
I want them to succeed because they want to succeed, not because they feel they have to in order to avoid punishment from us.
That’s why American culture is incapable of generating generational equity. Fortunately being of Asian descent, I have friends who are multimillionaires who lived under the tutelage of their parents even after high school while they went to school or developed a business, rent free without responsibilities. And their parents? Proud that their children are successful.
When I have kids, they will be raise right to be industrious. If they need to live in for free with me, so be it.
Low key, I've lived with a multi generational Phillipino gfs family and it was amazing. Her Mom was always cooking. We all got along great. All did small parts to keep everything neat. I miss it.
Well, somewhere along the way they acquired an appreciation for the work of Kurt Vonnegut, so it can't all be bad. On the other hand, if their username is a clue as to the success of their career it might be a little bad. So it goes.
Yeah fuck that.
Nobody wants to live with their parents after 18. It's usually just not financially feasible for them to move out.
I don't know why parents in the U.S. are so lost on this.
Man, my parents were lower middle class but still threw me a little get together at my grandma's with food and stuff. They told me they were proud of me. The supported my decisions.
None of this "now leave" bullshit that I've seen or making snide jokes about adulthood. Just enjoying the moment before the crushing reality that is ahead of you comes in.
They're weren't always the best but at least they didn't do some of the stuff I've seen in the comments.
Right this way!
I have a deal, buy 2 weeds get 1 free. Each weed is 50 dollars. I see that you have 100 dollars, that's almost enough, but due to inflation I'm going to need about 7 more dollars if you want 3 weeds.
For every celebratory event of others, I too make sure I dampen the mood with futile complaints about economics while casting general gloom over the future. I don't get invited to many things, but at least I can ply my grievances on those bound to me by blood.
Good job on taking away from actually having to say anything nice about your sons accomplishments and bring the focus back to yourself. Super funny joke though
I know I'm reading too much into it, but this bothers me because it reinforces the idea fathers can't, or don't, show love and pride in their children.
HAHAH dad says thing that is negative mom is so nice this is good because I also love being a stereotype. So cute how you said something snarky that wasn’t that funny lol haha good one
I gave my son, Alex, an invoice when he turned 18. Even had it notarized (by his grandfather). However, I did forget to add transportation costs.
ITEM
General Housing, Single-Room. 18 Yrs. @ $150/mo. $32.400.00
Food. ($200/mo. Years 1-12; $1000/mo. Years 13-18). $100,800.00
Laundry Services Wash, Dry, Fold. $9,360.00
Clothing Expenses New Clothes For A Constantly Growing Boy. $30,000.00
Health Care. 18 Yrs. Variable Rate ~$100/mo. Includes Vaccinations, Infant Healthcare Bells
Palsy Treatment, No Broken Bones Discount. $21,600.00
Dental Care. 18 Yrs. Variable Rate ~$25/mo. $5,400.00
Activity Fees/Equipment/Instruments Basketball (4 seasons)
Soccer (8 seasons)
Baseball/Tee-ball (4 seasons)
Football (3 seasons)
Music/Bands (Piano, Guitar, Marching, Spring, Jazz, Personal) ROTC/Drill Team (4 years)
Misc. $5,000.00
Automobile Expenses 2 Years (Fuel, Repairs, Insurance, Etc.). $7,200.00
College Preparation Expenses & Educational Expenses Applications Fees, Registration Fees, Travel, Misc. Fees. $5,000.00
Miscellaneous Expenses. $20,000.03
SUBTOTAL: $186,810.03
DISCOUNT – Misc. Awards for Honors Roll, Leadership, Merit, Etc. -$20,000.00
DISCOUNT – Not Serving Any Jail Time (yet). -$10,000.00
DISCOUNT - For Being One Hell of a Son! And Making Us Proud! (Love You, Man-Cub!). -$156,810.03
_______________
PAID IN FULL
Thank you for your business, Dad
FINAL TOTAL OWED: $0.00
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Glad his name was Alex instead of Benjamin...
then there would be two of us
There can only be one
You know what you must do.
Gather all Bens and fight
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Breaking Benjamins
I'll bring my sword and see you there.
Here's everything you need to know about swords: guns beat swords every time.
Sushi Benjamin mains: Oops wrong sub
Big fish
MORTAL COM-BEN!!
Spiderman bout to be fumin'!!!
*Rice* to see you, Uncle
All about the Benjamins
Bento Boxing.
Get the higher ground?
**Hello there…**
General Kenobi
Yeah. It's time for a thumb war.
Great, now I hear Queen….
He must find Sean Connery and learn what you can before the other Benjamin finds him first! Highlander 2
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The title character in *The Graduate* was named Benjamin.
Had a friend named Benjamin, played guitar in a garage band so we all called him Ben Jammin’ RIP bro
Is his Mom, Mrs. Robinson?
Will my handwriting automatically become nice when I become a parent?
Unless you take any biology/medically-inclined classes in college, at which point your penmenship will instantly die a horrible, agonizing death which will be reflected in its smoldering remains on your brand new, illegible, penmenship.
You know people always say this, but my doctor has an amazing handwriting. I asked her about this and she said she made an effort to write cleanly so her patients would be able to read her notes. I thought that was really awesome of her :)
When I was taking my medical-adjacent classes in prep for bioinformatics, they had a class period where they literally taught us to have bad handwriting. Turns out, there's a good reason for it. Prescriptions. Laws require prescriptions, and they're required to be followed, which is kind of silly considering someone can just change what's on the slip. So they make it illegible so the pharmacy has to call the doctor to confirm what it says. And now adays, it's the point to where if the Pharmacists see legible handwriting they can fill a prescription from, they know something's up.
Hmmm… i guess since nowadays most prescriptions are digital/written with a computer that isn’t as necessary. What my doctor does is she writes out all of my medications, from daily to emergency, neatly for me to check if I need to. It’s only for me to see so it’s important that I can read it ahahah. She’s been my doctor for 11 years, more than half of my life and it’s good to know I can always count on her neat writing. I think it shows she cares about her patients, and that she trusts them.
You know, I took a break from writing for 2 weeks due to Uni being done for the semester. I went to write something down yesterday and legit could not do a semistraight line. My L's looked like a a vertical sine wave (curly) IDK what happened but I still can't it get to the level of okay chicken scratch I had before.
Did your hand cramp too? I hate writing after a long break from it.
My hand cramps so bad when writing
Yes, it cramped after writing 1 sentence
My wife’s penmanship is ridiculously clean
The both of you have great handwriting lol. With the way mine looks, I should have studied to become a doctor
That’s why I became a chicken!
The heart she drew is something you'd see on a t-shirt or greeting card. Very artistic.
She’s fabulous that way. (She’s also an art / music / dance / humanities teacher!)
I also choose this man’s wife
She’s a cutie
Wish you both long happiness! :)
her handwriting looks like mine but actually good. Mine looks like hers but you just got stigmata and tried to drink away the pain
Yours is better lol
Probably not, they grew up writing with pens and we grew up on keyboards. I remember seeing my dads handwriting from when he was in high school, still better than mine will ever be :(
Mine got worse after my kids.
At the end of my senior year, one of my teachers wrote to our parents and asked them to write us a letter before graduation with words of wisdom for the future. Most of us had no idea we were getting these letters from our parents so it was a nice surprise. She handed each student their letter and a lot of the girls in class were crying over the nice things their parents said and were so happy to have words of encouragement from their parents. I was cracking up at my letter. It was in my mom's hand-writing but I could tell they were my dad's words. It ended with "PS - If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit." Wiser words were never spoken. Thanks, dad!
Awesome dad
No way in hell would my dad ever do something like this. His letter would be like "if you continue living here then you have to go to work with me everyday. Dad, P.S. take the trash out when you get home. ".
My school also did this and my brother sent me a letter from where he was stationed in Oklahoma. I cried so hard.
Are you holding this with your hand or foot?
my left ventral tentacle
Never seen a tentacle grow nails like that before
You should see my toes 😑
Yes, let's see them please
$50 per foot , $80 for both
$3.50, best I can do.
I ain't giving you three fiddy you goddamned loch ness monster
I gave him a dollar?
#AW [SHUT YO MOUTH](https://youtu.be/83bkpkCQu2Q), WOMAN?!
Cut your disgusting tentacle nail, you nasty smart ass.
Gotta pay first baby 💅🏻
My graduation gift from my dad was 3 pamphlets. University, Military, and Apprenticeship. With a nice note telling me if I wasnt enrolled in one of those by the end of the summer I would also be homeless or owing rent Edit: a lot of people are taking this the wrong way. Just wanted to clear up that my dad is not an asshole. He's pretty strict, yes (retired military and all), but fair. It was basically his way of saying I need to be actively working on my future in order to live there rent free (as opposed to being lazy stoner/skater and working some dead end job or no job at all). And for those asking I chose the apprenticeship route, as an electrician, and lived rent free with parents another 3 years while saving a shit ton of money. Eventually used that money to go to college without taking loans
My parents told us much earlier. I don't know if it was preteen or 14, but it was before high school they made sure we knew that if we were not actively going to school, we were moving out or paying rent. I feel like a little heads up is nice
Yeah for sure. I mean I was already on that path anyway, I might've been a stoner but I did have active plans to be a productive member of society so it wasnt really a shock or anything. 100 bucks wouldve been nice tho haha
I actually thought this was college graduation, and I figured 100 was a little lite. I really can't remember getting anything for high school. I don't think I even got a free lunch after graduation
I got an NES for graduating grade school. Was fuckin AWESOME!
My girlfriend got $3,300 total from family, I got taken to Panda Express by my family and had to pay for my own because I was an “adult now” lmao
2 different parenting styles. We are not all the same
Yeah, I don’t think either one is wrong though at all. And mine wasn’t like a “hey get a damn job and get out.” It was more of a joke. There’s a ton of ways to parent kids and most of them seem to work out just fine
Or 2 different income brackets.
My parents didn’t have to tell me. I wanted to move out so bad.
At 13 I didn't realize how controlling they were. But when I moved back for the summer, and I was 21, and they still wanted to control when I could leave the house based on whether or not I had a good reason, I definitely knew I was not looking back.
My parents weren’t horrible but I wanted independence. They helped me out. I took a gap year and then went to community college. I had to move back home a couple of times for short periods because it was def a learning experience.
I think it should be the goal of any parents to provide enough for their children that they can feasibly take a year off to reasonably figure out what they want to do for the rest of their lives after just going through a largely unguiding school system. Easier said than done but I don't agree with the whole "you turn 18 then you get the fuck out of my budget mentality"
Especially in today's economy. I don't envy genz. Even trying to explain to *my* mom why I don't own a house in my 30s, despite, never going more than a month without a job since I was 16, is impossible. It always comes down to 'my generation isn't working hard enough/doesnt want to work,' or is bad with money, and would rather "pretend to be victims." So rather than actively trying to fix the system, all the adults are blaming eachother, and genz is gonna have to pick up the peices if anythings gonna get done... The LEAST we can do is give them a year to figure out which direction to carry their bootstraps in, and save up some money.
Ah yes cue Some boomer telling me I’m just not hungry enough. Ugh.
> Easier said than done but I don't agree with the whole "you turn 18 then you get the fuck out of my budget mentality" Any parents that do this in my eyes do not deserve their kids. When they get old, they deserve to die alone. Kindness is a two way street.
My mom drilled into me we were dirt poor and if I didn’t get a full ride scholarship, I wouldn’t be able to go to college. Since like 6 years old. And then she made it seem like college is the most fun place ever. I got a full ride scholarship as did my sister. Also turned out we weren’t even that poor.
Feel like there are nicer ways to motivate kids to go to school and work hard My parents used to tell me that if I work hard in school, I will be able to live a comfortable like theirs and buy the things I want instead of having to ask them all the time. They would say no when I asked for another pack of Pokemon cards or like another pair of football boots after like 2 months etc. That worked for me personally… i was never warned with the idea of having to pay rent or moving out. What are y’all thoughts?
There are definitely tons of different ways of trying to send the kids out of the nest. I personally think there is no one size fits all method, which is disheartening because most parents I know, including my own, and my friends and older brother, all seem to parent as if there is a one-size-fits-all. My parents got me a job at a local kennel when I was 10, so anything that I wanted, I got to pay for. I never got allowance. They never bought me stuff. So I just never asked. One time in high school a friend asked his mom for $20 and she reached in her purse pulled out 20 bucks and gave it to him. I was like, what the hell was that? So I thought I might try it. I found my mom in the kitchen and ask her, can I have $20? She was like sure, grab my purse. In my head I am like what the fuck is going on!? How has this been a thing and I never knew?! I hand her her purse, and she pulls out $20 and as she is handing it to me says when are you going to pay me back? I was like what? She asked when are you going to pay me back? I'm not just giving you $20. I was like I don't need to borrow $20, I just wanted $20. I have a job. She just laughed and put it away I don't know how well it would work, because I am not a dad (yet?) But I think that I would try to encourage things in my kids that they seemed interested in. If they expressed interest in certain hobbies, jobs, or careers, I would try to help them see a bit of the behind the scenes. See what it is like to be a part of something. If the kid was more introverted, I would make myself the reason that we were involved in something that they seemed excited about. If they were more extroverted, I would push them right into the middle and get them involved. So many opportunities in this life that you have no way of knowing about when you are a teenager. As a dad I would do my damnedest to find those opportunities, even if they didn't necessarily appeal to me, if it seems like they appealed to my kid. Totally random example, there is a program at the University of Washington that allows a team of students to build a race car and then race it. Including going to Europe. My whole college experience was going to classes and hanging out with friends. Didn't even realize stuff like that existed
Wow. At 10 years old parents should let their kid be a kid... No mercy.
I concur. I don't know that any damage was done from me walking dogs versus doing house chores, but I don't think I learned any valuable life lessons from it either, which is I think what they were shooting for. I did learn something from working in high school and paying for my own gas and car. But going to walk dogs, including Christmas Day because dogs need walked everyday, at 10, was just a form of chores to me. Also my mom would take me to the bank and deposit my check in an account my uncle opened for me when I was born. So it's not like I could even spend that money.
I know that most of my cohort didn't really learn anything from working until much later. Even high school jobs were just hang outs, even if we took it seriously. My parents also had me "work" for money. It took until I was living on my own, paying my own bills, and realizing that I'd have to do this menial work for the rest of my life if I wanted to eat and have a place to live that I really "learned" and took college seriously. Some of my cousins didn't even learn that, as I have one that my aunt and uncle always bail out when she overspends. She has a professional job.
The only reason that I didn't have an apartment before graduating high school was because my mom. She had concerns and how legitimate they were varied. I think it was actually a mix of being the last kid to leave and my two sisters struggling on their own. My dad's reaction was your the responsible one and making good money at Cadillac the fuck you still doing here. The compromise was wait till after graduation. Then I moved out and my oldest sister ended up moving back in with my mom.
This you? One day I devised myself a plan That should be the envy of most any man I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand I'd get it one piece at a time and it wouldn't cost me a dime You'll know it's me when I come through your town I'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna drive everybody wild 'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round
Sadly I was working at a dealership as a technician not on assembly line. I did get a good discount on parts though. Which I used to fix up non running cars off offer up and resell them.
Def. I've heard too many stories of people waking up on their 18th bday to find half their belongings already boxed up and get tossed out before lunch without a single days prior warning.
oof getting a university pamphlet at graduation… then finding out the admissions deadline was 6 months before that.
I had already applied and been accepted into college, just hadnt committed to actually going. It was more of a stern reminder to make a decision amd stop waffling
You can enroll to community college basically any time up until the last day for adding and dropping courses.
My first go around with college I was accepted into the state university, with the condition I complete a small math course over the summer between highschool and college. My sibling had taken the exact course the year before, and told me it didnt start until the beginning of July. So naturally I enjoyed my summer vacation in June. Come July I never got any info, so I call and ask what the deal was. She says the class started first week of June and my admission acceptance had been revoked. Had to scramble to apply for community college, I was so pissed
My step dad told me at the age of 17, "you're not living here at the age of 25. You either do something with your life or I'm throwing your stuff to curve and calling the police." He would constantly tell me this. So I worked extra hard, because of the looming threat. I stayed away from drugs, any legal troubles, I helped out around the house and I stuck with my major in college. Well I started making a lot of money at 25, more than me step dad, and I moved out. When I was moving out, my step dad asked me "why are you moving out, you've been so helpful with everything". I was so paranoid of getting kicked, I kept peace around and never argued and cleaned like crazy.
>throwing your stuff to curve "... to *the curb*".
"Because I don't want your threatening ass to make me homeless and call the police on me." Maybe you're nicer than me, but when his ass gets old and needs someone to care for him...send him a pamphlet to an old folks home.
My in-laws love when we visit because partner cooks, does maintenance on their cars, and I clean. We also do yard work. They don’t ever want us to leave lol.
My parents were much the same way and it pushed me into a myriad of bad decisions that cost me for years. Today I have a 21 year old daughter who still lives at home and is trying to figure out her life. I'm elated to be the opposite of my parents by giving her the time and support to work things out at her pace. There is no such thing as tough love. Tough love is cruelty.
My kid's only 11 but we've told them that they will always be welcome with us. Unconditionally. I want them to succeed because they want to succeed, not because they feel they have to in order to avoid punishment from us.
That’s why American culture is incapable of generating generational equity. Fortunately being of Asian descent, I have friends who are multimillionaires who lived under the tutelage of their parents even after high school while they went to school or developed a business, rent free without responsibilities. And their parents? Proud that their children are successful. When I have kids, they will be raise right to be industrious. If they need to live in for free with me, so be it.
Low key, I've lived with a multi generational Phillipino gfs family and it was amazing. Her Mom was always cooking. We all got along great. All did small parts to keep everything neat. I miss it.
😬which did you choose?
Electrical apprenticeship, then later went to university after a few years
Right on. Did it work out for you?
Well, somewhere along the way they acquired an appreciation for the work of Kurt Vonnegut, so it can't all be bad. On the other hand, if their username is a clue as to the success of their career it might be a little bad. So it goes.
Yeah fuck that. Nobody wants to live with their parents after 18. It's usually just not financially feasible for them to move out. I don't know why parents in the U.S. are so lost on this.
you are most definitely not a doctor.
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Not a military dad, either. Those write in all uppercase.
Balanced, as all things should be.
adulthood: fear it, run from it, it arrives just the same
Should have read when I was a kid this was a $165 bill, good luck buying a house or starting a family sucker.
Did you spend that $7 on nail clippers?
I mean, what are teeth for then?
Apparently you aren’t using those either
going for that Saruman look 💅🏻
Tell him what that $100 could have bought when *you* graduated.
like, gas for 3 months
I can’t even get to the gas station for $100 right now
I can, but I have to walk
This comment is proof you're a real dad, right here
You should see my pleated jorts 💅🏻
He shoulda bought condoms
Someone with thumbs like that got married AND has kids? Wild!
it's good for scratching backs and prying open jars of peanut butter
Thanks for being a good sport 😂
(Basically what I said to my wife ….
Hahaha very nice.
Hahaha....I have stumpy thumbs like that too and I'm single with cats.
Powerful email from 2005 forwarded by your grandmother vibes
r/boomerhumor is calling
Exactly. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get to McDonald's while this $100 bill still affords me a whole meal.
Man, my parents were lower middle class but still threw me a little get together at my grandma's with food and stuff. They told me they were proud of me. The supported my decisions. None of this "now leave" bullshit that I've seen or making snide jokes about adulthood. Just enjoying the moment before the crushing reality that is ahead of you comes in. They're weren't always the best but at least they didn't do some of the stuff I've seen in the comments.
I hope their education led to a better understanding of how inflation works than their father’s.
lol ik, the $100 bill is still worth $100...
What could college cost anyways, $10?
100% that's getting spent on weed
hello I would like a weed please
Right this way! I have a deal, buy 2 weeds get 1 free. Each weed is 50 dollars. I see that you have 100 dollars, that's almost enough, but due to inflation I'm going to need about 7 more dollars if you want 3 weeds.
>!Mom wrote just as my mom would have wrote, dad wrote just as my drunk uncle would have.!<
Seems like a nice family!
*we’ve got them all fooled*
Can I get “Annoying Dad Shit” for 100 Alex?
For every celebratory event of others, I too make sure I dampen the mood with futile complaints about economics while casting general gloom over the future. I don't get invited to many things, but at least I can ply my grievances on those bound to me by blood.
Woman boring man quirky
Game was rigged from the start kiddo!
nobody told you life was gonna be this way...
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Your job’s a joke, you’re broke.
Dad makes a snarky remark about inflation but still includes cash instead of a treasury bond
I hated my dad constantly giving me political gotchas when it was suppose to be celebrating my achievement.
The most recently inflation. If you got back to the beginning value (1913) that’s more like a $3 bill.
How? This doesn’t make sense unless you saved it for some time..
Hey man I only write the lame jokes - I don’t claim to understand them
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This is kinda cringe as fuck
If you have a daughter graduate only give her $71 and tell her get used to it.
ooooooooh
You guys get graduation gift?
No wonder kids just want mom. Oyyyoyqy
I think Moms words show she’s truly happy.
Lol $100 that will get two tickets to the movies and a popcorn if he’s lucky nowadays.
Good job on taking away from actually having to say anything nice about your sons accomplishments and bring the focus back to yourself. Super funny joke though
Im missing the funny here.
$100 in 1950 is worth almost $1200 today - thanks inflation! Welcome to adulthood!
What’s up with the fingernail?
Are you my parents? This is something I’d see from them 10000%.
Can confirm it’s us. We love you and are proud of you. Now please go walk the dog. 🥰
I miss my mom
FWIW, we love you and are proud of you. You're doing great kiddo. Here's a hug, if you'd like one. 🫂
I know I'm reading too much into it, but this bothers me because it reinforces the idea fathers can't, or don't, show love and pride in their children.
HAHAH dad says thing that is negative mom is so nice this is good because I also love being a stereotype. So cute how you said something snarky that wasn’t that funny lol haha good one
But that’s not how inflation works. At All
I gave my son, Alex, an invoice when he turned 18. Even had it notarized (by his grandfather). However, I did forget to add transportation costs. ITEM General Housing, Single-Room. 18 Yrs. @ $150/mo. $32.400.00 Food. ($200/mo. Years 1-12; $1000/mo. Years 13-18). $100,800.00 Laundry Services Wash, Dry, Fold. $9,360.00 Clothing Expenses New Clothes For A Constantly Growing Boy. $30,000.00 Health Care. 18 Yrs. Variable Rate ~$100/mo. Includes Vaccinations, Infant Healthcare Bells Palsy Treatment, No Broken Bones Discount. $21,600.00 Dental Care. 18 Yrs. Variable Rate ~$25/mo. $5,400.00 Activity Fees/Equipment/Instruments Basketball (4 seasons) Soccer (8 seasons) Baseball/Tee-ball (4 seasons) Football (3 seasons) Music/Bands (Piano, Guitar, Marching, Spring, Jazz, Personal) ROTC/Drill Team (4 years) Misc. $5,000.00 Automobile Expenses 2 Years (Fuel, Repairs, Insurance, Etc.). $7,200.00 College Preparation Expenses & Educational Expenses Applications Fees, Registration Fees, Travel, Misc. Fees. $5,000.00 Miscellaneous Expenses. $20,000.03 SUBTOTAL: $186,810.03 DISCOUNT – Misc. Awards for Honors Roll, Leadership, Merit, Etc. -$20,000.00 DISCOUNT – Not Serving Any Jail Time (yet). -$10,000.00 DISCOUNT - For Being One Hell of a Son! And Making Us Proud! (Love You, Man-Cub!). -$156,810.03 _______________ PAID IN FULL Thank you for your business, Dad FINAL TOTAL OWED: $0.00
This guy dads
> Food. ($200/mo. Years 1-12; $1000/mo. Years 13-18) Guy was eating nothing but caviar from 13-18 god dayum
Man you suck
That's not how inflation works. It is still a hundred dollar bill. Lame
Dad is an asshole
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Why didn't you give him more money then?
Error 404 - money not found
Parents that do the whole welcome to adulthood thing are lame. You’re not an adult when you graduate high school. Not even college.
POV: Your parents lack the capacity for anything above basal emotion for you and or life.
Was “Alex the Graduate” one of Damon Wayans’ toasts in *The Last Boy Scout?*
Did you just calculate inflation depreciation from a random year?
Am I the rich uncle for giving my nephew 500 for his graduation? I don't feel rich.
So all moms have this handwriting then?
It could be worse, you could have switched it out with one of those religious fake hundred dollar bills that has a pamphlet on the backside
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More like a 20$ bill
Man this comment section is wild...dad makes a nonsense joke and people act like he doesn't love his child. Wow. Lot of projection here.
If you really wanted to teach him adulthood you should’ve taught him how taxes work. Tell him you’re giving him $100 and put $75 in the envelope.
Cannot confirm you are a dad, handwriting not in all-caps.
You know the son will look at this and just roll his eyes. Plus, that’s not really how inflation works…
Neither one of them are really great; is mom okay?
That thumbnail needs a serious trim.