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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Not anymore, since I got a real job.. They do sometimes give some money as a present to buy something nice, but it's no longer necessary. They did help me during my study though, paying the ~€2K uni fees every year and some other smaller stuff, so I could focus on rent, groceries, study material, etc. Combined with that, I had some side jobs to keep the study loan pretty small and manageable .

Based on anecdotal evidence, that was kind of the middle of the road. Some friends had very rich parents, who basically paid everything. Other people basically had to pay everything, which lead to huge loans. I think this level of support was pretty much optimal. It forced me to think about money instead of just buying everything I wanted, but also made it easy for me to focus on my study instead of surviving.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Not really, money probably doesn't exist in Heaven.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Definitely not now, but before, no. Before I moved out, I was mostly supporting them, using the credit card I opened when I went to college. Took me a long time to work that debt off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Very little. Most of my money is from my work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

We live together and pool resources.

No since in both struggling and just getting by.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah because I haven't been able to land a job as an autistic person with my degree (BS in electrical engineering) and (lack of) experience (six months of research). That and my age (late 20s) are really the only compelling reasons I can think of for not being able to land a job.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

They would love to but we're all equally fucked in this economy tbh. We're all just trying to make more money so we can help each other out when someone needs it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

They did up to when I graduated college and I'm very grateful.

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