My house
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i didn't buy a car till after i bought a house. i moved out at 18, finished college, saved real hard for another year and put down on a condo. then i bought a pickup so i could work more. i didn't buy a fun car till i was 30.
to me, you don't know how hard it is to live till you did it as a young adult. and you can't appreciate how hard it is until you do it on your own.
i could have lived with the folks as long as i wanted, but i insisted on making my own life, with my own rules.
i understand how it may be a financial mistake to leave home early, but it's not a LIFE and LEARNING mistake. most likely, your parents took risks and chances to start their lives. many kids nowadays are too afraid to take on the challenge and TRY to do it themselves.
to me, you don't know how hard it is to live till you did it as a young adult. and you can't appreciate how hard it is until you do it on your own.
i could have lived with the folks as long as i wanted, but i insisted on making my own life, with my own rules.
i understand how it may be a financial mistake to leave home early, but it's not a LIFE and LEARNING mistake. most likely, your parents took risks and chances to start their lives. many kids nowadays are too afraid to take on the challenge and TRY to do it themselves.
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From: Wylie, TX
This is a silly rant.
"my" doesn't necessarily imply ownership, it simply implies an association.
"Hey, there's my friend."
I don't own my friend. I simply have an association with that person. Many other people can also claim that person as their friend, too.
"That's my workplace."
I don't own that office building, it's just where I go to work.
"That's my school."
I didn't found that university, I simply attended classes there.
"That's my house."
I don't necessarily own that structure, and I may not even contribute to the mortgage payment, I simply go there to sleep at night.
As for people that live at home after graduating high school... that's a whole different story. People do it for a lot of different reasons, and I only mock the ones that I think are ridiculous.
"my" doesn't necessarily imply ownership, it simply implies an association.
"Hey, there's my friend."
I don't own my friend. I simply have an association with that person. Many other people can also claim that person as their friend, too.
"That's my workplace."
I don't own that office building, it's just where I go to work.
"That's my school."
I didn't found that university, I simply attended classes there.
"That's my house."
I don't necessarily own that structure, and I may not even contribute to the mortgage payment, I simply go there to sleep at night.
As for people that live at home after graduating high school... that's a whole different story. People do it for a lot of different reasons, and I only mock the ones that I think are ridiculous.
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From: Sun★Works
Originally Posted by mxt_77,Jul 3 2008, 09:33 AM
This is a silly rant.
"my" doesn't necessarily imply ownership, it simply implies an association.
"Hey, there's my friend."
I don't own my friend. I simply have an association with that person. Many other people can also claim that person as their friend, too.
"That's my workplace."
I don't own that office building, it's just where I go to work.
"That's my school."
I didn't found that university, I simply attended classes there.
"That's my house."
I don't necessarily own that structure, and I may not even contribute to the mortgage payment, I simply go there to sleep at night.
As for people that live at home after graduating high school... that's a whole different story. People do it for a lot of different reasons, and I only mock the ones that I think are ridiculous.
"my" doesn't necessarily imply ownership, it simply implies an association.
"Hey, there's my friend."
I don't own my friend. I simply have an association with that person. Many other people can also claim that person as their friend, too.
"That's my workplace."
I don't own that office building, it's just where I go to work.
"That's my school."
I didn't found that university, I simply attended classes there.
"That's my house."
I don't necessarily own that structure, and I may not even contribute to the mortgage payment, I simply go there to sleep at night.
As for people that live at home after graduating high school... that's a whole different story. People do it for a lot of different reasons, and I only mock the ones that I think are ridiculous.
whats the big deal here???
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From: Chicago
Originally Posted by quickshifting,Jul 2 2008, 03:26 PM
it is impossible tho to move out on your own in a big city. just too expensive.
a 1br in nyc is like 1200, without utilities.
thats like 1500 a month for gots and ghoul.
i would never move out to pay rent. only a mortgage
a 1br in nyc is like 1200, without utilities.
thats like 1500 a month for gots and ghoul.
i would never move out to pay rent. only a mortgage
definitely not impossible to move out on your own. or even buy...but it is harder. a lot of my friends w/near or over 6-figure incomes, or 2 incomes own places already (i'm 26). me however, nowhere near it. made a few poor decisions financially, but i don't regret it. also, i couldn't be tied down like that.
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