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HairPieceMan said:yes its all true
all i can say is my brother moved out of the house in his early 20s, apparently "standing on his own 2 feet", he earns about £25K a year in I.T. in his 20s, but the guy was acting like he was on £75K a year by looking at the place he owned and his lifestyle becuase his first place was worth like £150K and that was BEFORE his wife came into the house (dont need her contribution), i mean how can someone stay in a place like that without help from mum of about £50K a year.
once his wife met him, got married in the space of 2 years, she saw our family home and said "this is the most expensive home i have been in", she is a working class girl and comes from low rent background, anyway he went to las vegas (yes LAS VEGAS) with her for honeymoon, he went their for 10 days, 1st class flights and went the the master suite of the most expensive hotel and eat out everynight and went to see shows (star trek show etc.)
obviosuly this isnt normal ^^, he is acting like an L.A. movie star or something.
in his early 30s he decided to move his wife and 2 kids (1st one not his) into a new £240K home, even though the first one was perfect worth £150K, hes now acting as if he is a doctor in his 40s that commutes to london and is on £100K a year but he is really on about £30K a year, his wife never works at all, she comes from a working class background whos parents rent a tiny cottage in a rubbish area, her mum pulls pints in the pub and her dad shoots dear, johns wifes sister has a bf and they do normal jobs both of them and they rent a basic flat somewhere
but my brother and his wife has this new £240K home, with "spare" bedroom, spare reception, spare bathroom big personal garden, good view and posh area.
but f*ck knows where this money is ACTUALLY coming from.
tbh i thougth his £150K home , his first place was perfect, now he has to stay in this "we have too much money so lets show off" place, now he is all about the extra rooms,reception, bathroom.
id say its almsot like my mum bought my brother a £250K home,20K car for his wife (she drives this expensive car that even her parents couldn't afford in their 40s), £20K wedding and honeymoon to las vegas (none of her friends have been to las vegas before), and my brother income covers food and furnising in the home, THAT IS ALL, his wife is along for the ride and owns at least 50% of this becuase their married (no idea again why he went for this)
i remember one time my brother said "my wife hasnt had a job in 2 years so i better find her something to do" and i was thinking like "how the hell u staying in a own property home worth £240K and your the only income, and you keep going on expensive trips to las vegas, family outings to center parks, 2 kids to feed and their christmases are HUGE and sh*t.
yeah my mum makes £33k a year exactly, my dad had a private engineering company i have no idea how much it made but it must have been a sh*t load.
i think my brother shoudl have had is gf as a tag along gf that hangs around thewealth instead of owning the property and sharing bank accounts, then she can stay with him and she gets a free trip to las vegas and her food covered for her and kids, instead of this marriage malarchy.
Assuming that all this is'nt heavily exaggerated its worth pointing out that many people especially in their 20's live well beyond their means and are in reality up to their eyes in debt. just because someone lives in a house they could actually own as little as 10-20% of it.
And I did'nt realise going on holiday to vegas constitutes 'living like a rock star'. 10'000'000's do it every year including me.
And all this does is emphasise my point that your mum is not going to be able to continue supplementing you for the next 50 yrs.