Parents that spoil their children

My parents and I are buying a house together because my health problems make it hard for me to live with other people, and I can't work enough hours to afford to live alone. I'm going to contribute as much as I can to the mortgage and then when we sell the place, or rent it out later, I will get back whatever I put into it. In the long run, this is a good investment for both parties and my parents aren't really losing out, so I don't feel so bad about them doing this for me. I do recognize that other people in my situation don't have so much luck though, and I am so thankful for the opportunity.

What is kind of annoying me is the fact that I can afford to furnish the house on my own, and my parents keep insisting they buy everything for me. Bleh, I suppose I am a whiner...but really I at least want to have some sense of responsibility and independence. I don't have anything more useful to do with my money except to travel.

 

So buy some of the furniture.

 

Dude, I'm so happy for you! What a wonderful plan.

 

That is what I plan to do, but it would be nice if I could do it without worrying about them doing it behind my back or continually pushing me to accept their offers to buy me things for 10 times the amount I would normally pay for them.

 

You are a lucky guy. Good parents

I used to make furniture out of cardboard boxes when I was little.

 

www.craigslist.com = free stuff or cheap stuff..

 

I don't think we have an aussie craigslist -

But we do have freecycle.org

All free stuff! Awesome site, have you seen it boog? It really is your thing.

 

Yes, make furniture out of cardboard boxes and everyone will be happy!

 

craigslist is awesome. we get nearly everything off there. if there's a college campus nearby, buy from the girls. seriously cheap AND nice. dave and i did a lot of trading, too.

 

yeah.. i've seen it.. they send me emails.. and there is never anything on there that i want..

craigslist should be global now..

 

http://adelaide.craigslist.com.au/ yes?

 

Yeah, there is hardly any stuff on there, except for some guy at holden hill that will allow someone to cum in his ear for $100.

 

i'm going to kick you in the nuts.

save your money and travel or i will call you "the honorable professor dingleberry" until the day you die.

 

SOLD!

 

We did the same thing for our (my step) daughter. Bought her a condo so she could go to grad school. Long story short she didn't go then sold her car bought motorcycle road down to San Fran for the summer came back home for the holidays now she moving to NYC. She's so friggin spoiled it's sad. Oh ya we got the condo rented cuz we can't sell it.

 

Is there a name for the medical condition you have, Face?

 

Will you have a separate entrance? My parents' house has an inlaw suite that my sister's family lived in for a few years.

That would give you (and them) some privacy.

 

if it wasn't for your health problems, i'd say move out and stop wasting your parents money.

we can't afford a society where we leave our parents house at 24. that would demand us to live until our 130th birthday..

 

it's really not that unusual in various societies the world over for families to share an abode for a long time, live together forever, or have a few hit and miss attempts on their first attempts. i moved back in with my mom for a few months when i was quitting drugs. it was a painful time, but it was imminently valuable.

 

Ive never even seen craigslist before. i just went to it, and clicked missouri, and it knew my towns. creepy.

If you all are sharing the house together, and they are insisting to buy the furiture for you, just tell them you would like to buy your own, or just buy some (thrift stores are cheap too, i get alot from hand-me-downs, thrift stores, and yard sales). once theyve seen that you are buying your own furniture, they'll back up a bit.