Blame the parents and not the amount of money they have. These are two different things.

And what about the people who blows all their money on gambling or drugs and don't have enough money to put food on the table for their family? These people are much worse than the ones setting up their kids for life with a trust fund.

Edited by SocaWho: 25/8/2014 12:21:34 AM

Yeah fair enough we all have our different experiences with different sorts of people. I think it's a shame when people let money rule their lives. The way I see it, the more you worry about controlling your money, the more money controls you.
It's not easy to balance it out, but I'm super lucky to have a fantastic example for this.

It's not that he doesn't spend it, we've done our fair share of traveling, but he is definitely somebody who likes having money in the bank, don't know what's he's saving for though

For a rainy day . One day he could lose it all and have nothing . So he keeps in the Bank to one day maybe you can have it

Edited by mvfcarsenal16.8: 25/8/2014 12:22:51 AM

I know but at some point, very soon he could afford to not worry about the rainy day and just live now. And I can't see a scenario where he would loose it all. He could afford to retire tomorrow and still maintain his current lifestyle.

That's the problem of the youth today . Live now forget tomorrow .

Bit harsh mate :lol:
He's talking about a situation he knows well and none of us know at all...

What's wrong with that? He could lose it all tomorrow (which could only happen if he literally bet the house on something) and within another year of working could have more in the bank then a lot of people.

My way of seeing it is he could be hit by a bus next week and all of that saving would have been for nothing.

And personally, I live so far from that thinking it's not funny :lol: I don't drink alcohol, don't hook up with randoms, have never got into a fight with a guy who looked at me the wrong way, I don't speed in my car. And by that description some would say a boring life :lol: but ive done a lot of things people my age haven't so it balances out

I think 21 is right in terms of age/experience. 18 is too young, because all she will have experienced at that stage is school.

I may revise to be until after she has finished uni if that's the way she chooses to go.

As for some poor bloke having me as a father in law, it may be some poor lass instead.

Is your daughter's boyfriend called Greg? :lol:

Edited by SocaWho: 25/8/2014 11:37:36 AM

Don't think notor ' s daughter is going to date for a while :lol:

I have a friend who her parents did similar, kind of.

They saved up $20k for each child (ended up having 4 girls) and on their 20th (no idea why 20th) birthdays the girls were given the $20k to spend how they please. The thing is - the parents have made it a well-known fact that they won't be chipping in for the girls weddings if they choose to get married - so the girls basically had the choice of saving it for a house, saving it for a wedding, or spending it how they chose. So 2 of the girls spent their $20k on European adventures, the other 2 are yet to receive it but I'm sure the closest one will waste it, and I'm not sure what the youngest will do.

I'd be doing a scholarship style trust to put my kids through Uni.

-PB

Why would you bother with that? Just get one of your supporters to give them scholarships #endOfEntitlement

Probably dovetails into the response to pv4's question in AATRPA, but will address a little bit here.

I'm not opposed to the idea of her dating when she feels it's right for her. I can't protect her for the world, but I can prepare her for it. I can teach her how to think and to identify her feelings/senses so that she's making decisions accordingly.

If I do my job right, I won't have to worry about her boyfriends. Edit: or girlfriends, but I'm pretty sure she's straight.

Edited by Notorganic: 25/8/2014 03:42:21 PM

How old is she?

3 :lol:

Oh :lol: probs a little early to worry about dating, and wether or not she is straight for that matter :lol:

I'm not worried, I'm preparing. She's in her formative years now. I just say that I'm going pretty sure she's straight because of what I've observed, but it wouldn't bother me in the slightest if she was gay or somewhere else on the queer spectrum.

Oh well....at least you wont be like this guy. :lol:

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/cecil-chao-offers-147-million-to-the-man-who-will-marry-his-lesbian-daughter-gigi-chao/story-fnet09p2-1226809340908

Are you of the opinion one is born gay, choose to be gay or somewhat learn to be gay as they get older?

I believe that for the most part humans don't choose their sexuality.

Ok, I agree with that.

As in their DNA chooses it for them?

I don't know the exact process, but recent research seems to suggest that it's genetic... So choice would be the incorrect word to use.

If the female partner gets a sex change, then she'll make a billion dollars.

And I must say she is a little cutie . My oldest kidling wants to meet yours . Maybe this time I won't smash my wife's car :lol: or you go to the wrong ground

Alright, just to test the waters here... Does anyone have any percentage on homosexual men having an absent father? I haven't seen many studies, but in my experience, it's pretty high.

I'm not saying its necessarily choice to be attracted to men, but there must be factors that impact on their decision to embrace their homosexuality and for example, become quite flamboyant. I'm not saying all gay men are flamboyant, but lets be honest, generally you can pick gay men.

The point about absent dads is interesting. I guess it may have more of an impact if the dad is absent from early on in the sons life rather then say 13/14. Now that I think about it there is one boy I used to coach in U15's who is gay ( im 95% sure) and his father left very early on.

" there decision to embrace their homosexuality" I think its more the fact that they have had enough of pretending to be something they arent.

And TBH in Australia today I dont think its as easy to pick out the gay guy as it was say 10 years ago. The way fashion has gone in recent times in Australia, what would have been considered a "gay" shirt 10 years ago is now just fashonable. We are a very metro society.

As a young Aussie guy in America and Canada a couple of months ago, I dressed pretty "gay" by their standards, but its just whats in fashion here :lol: lets just say its still fashionable to wear shorts that go well below the knee over there :lol: