<prompt> Human: This is me venting, but Im also seriously inquiring as to how often parents helped you financially- and more importantly, when they stopped.I received a full scholarship for undergrad, and I do admit that my parents helped me nominally for living expenses while I worked part time. That stopped immediately upon graduation.After that, I received an advanced degree and I have tremendous student loans to show for it. I also purchased my first home without any help from my parents. My husband and I had a backyard wedding that we combined with a graduation party to save on costs. My husband is in a similar boat as me with his parents. He is currently earning an advanced degree, but his parents financial support stopped after undergrad. He too has a boat load of student loans.We live modest lives now, but our careers will eventually pay off. Were going to pay down our student loan debt aggressively once he starts working. I havent been on a vacation aside from work trips in over 4 years. I desperately want to vacation, but its just not financially feasible.It seems like all of our friends continue to get assistance from their parents well into their late 20s and early 30s. Some of my artsy friends living non-traditional lives have parents footing the bill for international trips, cars, credit card bills, living expenses and weddings. My friends who took a traditional path have parents helping with down payments on their first homes, weddings, graduate school tuition, etc.I admit, Im jealous. Itd be nice to know in the least that I could rely on my parents if I was in a sticky situation. Truth be told, its hard for my dad to even treat me to a fast-food lunch these days. Were on our own and forever will be.I am grateful that my parents helped me to initially get out there and go to college, but everything stopped there. Are there other people out there like me? So, as you can tell, part of me is really jealous and I do yearn for a parental financial cushion. However, I also ask because I do have children of my own, and Im curious how the reddit world perceives this issue.  <response>: Does everybodys parents help them financially?No. 