I had to work for everything I have now and received zero handouts from my parents. I do OK. But, I just think, what if I had some sort of nest egg or inheritance that could catapult me to the next tax brackets? Hell, even a property? Land?
That's the mistake a lot of people make, not focusing on generational wealth at all causes stagnation to your lineage. Without keeping this in mind every single new adult released into the world, start on square one. It's not in the child's best interest.
Now I grew up with both a mother and father in a relatively middle class stable lifestyle but it's just still not enough. I'm competing against people that have old / long money fueling their ambitions or basic life.
Don't even get me started with grandparents. If your grandparents cannot pass something on you might as well not even meet your fukking grandchildren, otherwise what's the point of you? My grandparents left me ZERO and left my mother and her siblings with debt and anxiety taking care of them in their final years.
I know the circumstances were different back then. But for Christs sake, start building that nest egg or something as soon as your child is born. Pay for their school, down payment for a house, something that can give them an edge rather than starting all over again.
I feel selfish feeling this way. And I even lowkey resent my family for this. It's a complex range of emotions.
But I'm curious how y'all feel about it.
