How much cash do you owe your parents

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that_guy

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Mar 11, 2010 12:53 PM
$0
I borrowed a few thousand from them during college, but paid that back in my first year after college.
Mar 11, 2010 12:53pm
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Con_Alma

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Mar 11, 2010 12:56 PM
SnotBubbles wrote: I owe my parents a lot of things, ..... but I will never be able to repay my parents for everything they are owed.
None of us can.

Belly35 wrote: ...
All we ask is for them to be the best parents possible, best provide as possible and that is payment in full.
That's a great sentiment.
Mar 11, 2010 12:56pm
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OUgrad

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Mar 11, 2010 4:40 PM
pnhasbeen wrote: I probably owe my parents thousands upon thousands of dollars that they'll never let me pay them back. However, when I can afford it, they'll get what they've earned.
They've earned?
GOONx19 wrote: I don't owe them anything. But when I get out of school and find a steady job I'm gonna make sure they live comfortably until they pass away. It's the least I could do after all they've done for me over the years.
I don't remember how much, but I owed for college and my first car. My mom didn't want me to pay anything back, but my dad insisted. So when I got my degree and got my first good paying job, I made sure I paid him back in full. What he didn't know was my mom was taking my payback money and secretly squirreling it away for me although I also didn't know it. lol She was mad at him for making me pay it back and this was her way to do what she thought was the right thing.

I know I'd never expect any $ repaid b/c I think like my mom. But I would hope my children would feel like GOON.
Mar 11, 2010 4:40pm
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Sage

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Mar 11, 2010 5:06 PM
What I owe my parents isn't even calculable.
Mar 11, 2010 5:06pm
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justincredible

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Mar 11, 2010 5:08 PM
Sage wrote: What I owe my parents isn't even calculable.
It's incalcilicable?
Mar 11, 2010 5:08pm
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DeyDurkie5

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Mar 11, 2010 5:52 PM
Ghmothwdwhso wrote:
DeyDurkie5 wrote:
slingshot4ever wrote:
gerb131 wrote:
slingshot4ever wrote: None. Grow up and use a credit card and take responsibility for your spending. Do your parents do your ironing for you too?
I think its one of the hardest things to do is get your finances in order.
Only if you get out of control to begin with. I have never found it hard to spend within my own limits.
Badass Mcgee over here...


DeyDurkie5 = Sadass, Lameass, Poorass Mcgee here.........

Ohhhhh good one!
Mar 11, 2010 5:52pm
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gerb131

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Mar 11, 2010 6:02 PM
GH, I am not entitled to shit. But things happen and you need to ask for help. Dad has 3 houses, 5 cars, 2 ex wives, and I ask dude for 500 for books and he can't do it? He was never actually around so the least he could have done was helped a brotha who was struggling at the time. If he wants to buy inate crap instead of helping his own kid out then so be it. Guess I will have to help my own kid and show him whats right and wrong.
Mar 11, 2010 6:02pm
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Gameover

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Mar 12, 2010 3:41 PM
More than it needs to be. My parents have helped all of us kids in one way or another and some more than the others. I've tried paying them back in large chucks and they wouldn't accept it. My goal is to have a check waiting for them with what I think I owe them and when they decline, I'm telling them to back their bags and we're going on a family vacation that they've dreamed of.
Mar 12, 2010 3:41pm
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Society

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Mar 12, 2010 5:04 PM
Gameover wrote: More than it needs to be. My parents have helped all of us kids in one way or another and some more than the others. I've tried paying them back in large chucks and they wouldn't accept it. My goal is to have a check waiting for them with what I think I owe them and when they decline, I'm telling them to back their bags and we're going on a family vacation that they've dreamed of.
Or you could tell them to pack their bags and 'GTFO'!
Mar 12, 2010 5:04pm