[quote=FlyerInHi]I agree with BG. Maybe the kids are lazy bums.
If one is well-to-do and has connections, and provided one’s kids with all the advantages; and one’s kids are still not able to make it, then that means the kids are “inferior”, not hard working enough, or one is enabling the kids. One just needs to look in the mirror and accept the facts.
BG, we don’t agree on all issues, but I admire your can-do attitude. Take the cards you’ve been dealt and do what needs to be done. You’re a strong woman, a real feminist, and self-sufficient. And it seems like you’ve imparted excellent values onto your kids.[/quote]
Well, thanks, FIH.
I’ve just seen this kid-with-every-advantage thing play out multiple times in multiple states and it’s not a pretty picture. In the worst cases, these kids had multiple kids out of wedlock while living at mom and/or dad’s “manse” from age 18-30ish and could never figure out a way to move out on their own. “Family money” really has nothing to do with it. Being “spoiled” by parents (and grandparents) to the point the kid feels utterly entitled to a certain lifestyle has everything to do with it. JMHO.
As to my “toolbelt diva” confidence, it is increasing every month as I learn more tasks to add to my “can-do” repertoire. As a lifetime “desk jockey,” I’ve been in the back room trying to solve everyone else’s problems for so long that I didn’t have a clue on how to do every-day things every homeowner needs to learn and depended on other people to do them for me. And I no longer wish to pay a “professional” an exorbitant amount to do these tasks. For example, in the last month I have learned how to: install a wifi thermostat, use grab-its to remove stripped screws and properly install self-closing cabinet hinges (trickier than they look). All seemingly small things but my list (and my confidence as well as my tool collection) is slowly growing, mainly thanks to you-tube. Next on my list is heavy carpet removal which I realize is more “grunt work” than anything. We’ll see how that goes. Heavy furniture moving will be the hardest and I’m going to have to get help for that. I’ve got people with pickups who can take me to the dump.
