<prompt> Human: Hey all. Some backstory...Im an engineer less than 2 years removed from college making 65k at a job that Ive had since I graduated. I graduated with a manageable amount of student loan debt 23k. When I graduated, I moved in with one of my friends from college in an upscale suburb which was a bit pricey. After a year of living with him, we had a bit of a falling out and my parents more or less asked me to come back and help them with things around the house. This was about 9 months ago.My parents have always lived on the edge financially. They make good money - more than 300Kyear combined in an area where you should be able to live pretty comfortably on that, but they have always had a ton of credit card debt and their spending has increased with their earnings. When the financial crisis hit in 2008, the shit more or less hit the fan. Since college, Ive lent or given my parents more than 25000 of cash. About a year ago, while I was looking to buy a vehicle, they were going through some troubles and all but forced the extra car they had on me. I was forced to take out a car loan on the car, which I understand is not unreasonable if youre driving it, but it still put me in a situation. This was a late model truck that got mid teens highway gas mileage. I loved driving it but always knew it didnt make any sense whatsoever to own and I started to resent that. I ultimately got myself in some credit card debt, and diligently paid all of it off, while also contributing the full amount to a roth ira and my full employer match plus some extra in my 401k. At this point when Ive started building an emergency fund, I decided it would be a good idea to buy a car that I could see myself driving for a long time. Ive been good with credit so although I took out a car loan, I got a very low interest rate 2 on a used car. My original intent was to trade in my car, but according to my parents it was worth more and they wanted to buy it from me for just as muchmore than the dealer was going to and that I should sell it to them and it would only be a week. At this point, Im listening to their promises and a week has turned into over a month while I have been paying the car payments on 2 cars. I tried to pay the first car down early, and now my parents are saying they wont be able to buy it from me until December. I feel like they have been guilting me into doing all of these things for them for years, when they dont really have any financial discipline at all and it kind of disgusts me. They drive BMWs, have 3 iPads and a kindle fire, big house, etc etc, while Im busting my ass to try to be frugal, save money, and pay off debt. They go out to eat for dinner more than 3 times a week, and I just feel like this is unfair. I know the smartest thing for me is to dump the first car independent of them and just sell it and move out, but I just feel so guilty all the time because they guilt me into being a bailout fund for them. I just want to get my life on track and start my own life. Ive been thinking about engagement with my long term girlfriend and I just feel like they hold me back. I know a lot of you are a lot worse off than I am, but this is just something that really stresses me out and I dont know what to do. Ive gotten into plenty of fights about this, bought them dave ramseys books, etc. etc. but nothing seems to change and it only seems to get worse.  <response>: more than 300Kyear combined in an area where you should be able to live pretty comfortably on thatIts a little off topic, but 300K is more than enough to live comfortably off of in literally every part of the country. Youd have to get into micro-neighborhoods to find places where you cant live comfortably on that salary. Unless of course, youre servicing a bunch of debt, which your parents are. Anyway, its just a pet peeve of mine when people say out of touch things like that. Even in Beverly Hills and Manhattan, your parents would be well, well above the median income. 