TheGuard13 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I don't really see having a house and a car in your mid-twenties as all that special. Especially if what you mean is that you have a house payment and/or a car payment. Darn near anyone can buy something and make payments on it, you know? Plenty of people can boast that. It's just what was important to them. Link to post Share on other sites
TheGuard13 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Everyone is not equal. Some people are better than others. I thought it was "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others"... Link to post Share on other sites
Leigh 87 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Is this not the case? Well I don't believe people in society can think differently about a person based on first impression. I wouldn't have friends who are professionals if I came across as " different " to them, superficially. People who have the nice cars and house and good jobs don't necessarily act or talk differently than people like me, who don't have those key markers of success. Some people have just as much to offer as people who have already achieved success: they are just like me and are rather in the process. Therefore money or financial security is what we lack. NOT AMBITION OR DRIVE! I dress in expensive clothes I earnt from my early 20's and that were given as presents. I don't carry myself in a way that would cause anyone to guess that I'm currently unemployed and desperately studying a course in my spare time to get my skills up (whilst applying for about 40 jobs per day) As I said, plenty of people who don't have those key markers of success are often every but as intelligent and driven as those who have the nice houses and cars. Why would you think less of someone who is just as clever and driven as you simply because they had bad luck in life and didn't the things one would have hoped for by that age? I can understand wanting someone compatable. But assuming that a person like me is simply less driven and intelligent and declaring that as the reason I am not " compatible " with a house and car owner, is utterly ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites
Leigh 87 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I don't really see having a house and a car in your mid-twenties as all that special. Especially if what you mean is that you have a house payment and/or a car payment. Darn near anyone can buy something and make payments on it, you know? Plenty of people can boast that. It's just what was important to them. No one believes that the Aussie and I believe, UK and American job market has simply gone to crap. People who got their first home at age 18 or whatever back in the day, wake up! It's simply not possible for the average young person to own a house or pay off a mortgage on a house. Student loans are way too excessive for starters in the states, and low and behold, plenty of highly affable and intelligent college grads are FORCED to live with mum and dad. Why? They are DESPERATE to work hard and becoming financially dependant yet they simply cannot. Please get with reality. It's extremely rare for a new college grad to go on to buy their own home. I would venture to guess that non college students would have more of a chance to get ahead in life and own homes. Or the college kids who lived at home and yet worked full time during college and saved every penny towards a house deposit...... It doesn't make fiscal since to declare that " well I had my own home at age 20, so I don't see why people in their mid 20' s don't own homes or at least have a mortgage. This stuck up cow I worked for told me that " I'd never get to where she was in life because she owned her first home when she was 18" . She is lucky I didn't tell her what I thought and walk off the job there and then. Like hello, NO young Australian or American can buy their first home at a young age anymore unless they have a partner and they both get jobs during college or omitted the whole college thing to begin with... Basically, a kid living at home and saving most of what they earn - if they start saving hardcore from age 16, they may have a mortgage by age 20 IF they live at home. It's virtually not possible for most adults to save much if they pay rent unless their income is significantly larger than their mortgage repayments. So owning a car or home shouldn't absolutely not be a significant that that person is more motivated or intelligent than a " moocher" like me ( who cannot just going a job like so many other bright under 30's) Link to post Share on other sites
Author DazedandConfused8 Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Wow, great to see the discussion this thread has created Link to post Share on other sites
Author DazedandConfused8 Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 I don't really see having a house and a car in your mid-twenties as all that special. Especially if what you mean is that you have a house payment and/or a car payment. Darn near anyone can buy something and make payments on it, you know? lol what? Owning a house and a car is the American dream. Link to post Share on other sites
Author DazedandConfused8 Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 People who got their first home at age 18 or whatever back in the day, wake up! It's simply not possible for the average young person to own a house or pay off a mortgage on a house. Please get with reality. It's extremely rare for a new college grad to go on to buy their own home. And yet, I did it. Not at 18, but still at a very young age compared to most others these days. I would venture to guess that non college students would have more of a chance to get ahead in life and own homes. Or the college kids who lived at home and yet worked full time during college and saved every penny towards a house deposit...... I moved out the day after my 18th birthday. Seriously. I was 18 years and 1 day old and I was moving out. And within 6 years I was able to save for a house. Link to post Share on other sites
RonaldS Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 lol what? Owning a house and a car is the American dream. Owning a house is a pain in the ass and typically not a tremendous investment. Cars depreciate by the minute. Link to post Share on other sites
2.50 a gallon Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 One of the things that I found annoying about my friend, was his constant use of the word "I". He never acknowledges that he had a lot of help along the way. And about his ExW, he terribly wants her back, and at the same time is royally P.O.ed that she got half. Forgetting that they married shortly after he graduated and it was she that footed most of the bills, when he went back for his graduate work and set him up for the big bucks. And once the boys came, and she started her child care business, they were able to put large amounts of incomes towards investments. And at the same time he never understood his sisters plight, if he could make it big, so should of they. Link to post Share on other sites
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