it happens in germany too. wirtschaftswunder parents + general german parsimonious mentality causes for the most immovable retarded mindset you can imagine from some parents. my mom got panic attacks when at 60 she had 1 year where she wasnt saving more than spending (based only on her company income, not passive income included mind you) as my brother and i were in our last year of uni. she constantly harassed us and vowed never to give us a cent after that year for her healths sake. she even went to a psychiatrist for this. talk about wasting money. +30 years of saving, but this one year of red numbers was the sky crashing down. multiple properties where just one rent would cover all the expenses for either my brother or me, but that was none of our business. those were investments to be sold one day for their multiple retirement houses on two continents. (all real estate had even already paid off at that point btw) absolutely mental. i wish i simply had known sooner how little they cared about us over their money so i could have more quickly and with less confrontation have made myself entirely independent and cut them out of my life sooner.
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