EXTREMELY rich kids....

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"...he also complained about his equipment more than a liberal complains about people having fun."

that was the funniest thing ive heard in a while

"I bought my own truck, pay my own insurance, and gas money (10.5mpg hells yes) and pay for lunch each day. Guess what? working 7 days a week, i can only afford to eat lunch 3 out of 5 days of school! How sweet is that?"

that was also up there as being one of the funniest things...

this topic is something that really gets me goin, imo parents should not hand the world over to their kids just because they can. now if the kid really deserves a brand new car then fine, but there arent many out there who do deserve it. now i agree if i was a parent with a very large paycheck i would want to make my kid happy but i woudnt spoil them by paying for gas insurance and the car. im 16 almost 17 and dont have a car now my parents are going to buy me one but its gonna be like a $5,000 car at most and i have to get a job to pay for gas and full coverage insurance.

i have a friend whos dad bought her a brand new jetta pays insurance and gas to, she doesnt work why does she deserve it? i do admit im jealous that she has a car and i dont but i am proud of the fact that ill be working for mine and not just have it handed to me on a silver platter. it just pisses me off to see all these kids drive their cars to school and i know they dont work and im stuck on the ****** bus...

[CoFFeY[NiTrO]]

yeah, thats the thing..I have worked for every paintball related item I own. Only thing my parents have bought me was some JT gloves. And thats the best feeling in the world when you get you angel/e-mag/xmag knowing you did it all on your own. (ill have my x-mag in about 6 weeks, yay!)

[ShooterJM]

Re: Re: EXTREMELY rich kids....

Originally posted by FactsOfLife
so would I.

there's a LOT more satisfaction in "making it" on your own.

especially if you've busted your butt in doing so.

I agree. It makes everything so much more valuable to you I think.

[AssassN]

Originally posted by CoFFeY[NiTrO]




Does Nick drive a red NSX to school?

(no)

wouldnt know

[Restola]

Well complaining about it or being jealous isn't going to help anything.

People need to focus on their OWN lives (and what they have done to reach their own goals).

[Fred]

my definition of rich is anyone who doesn't miss any meals due to lack of money.

I guess I'm rich, as I can't remember going hungry.

I don't like taking money from anyone, and take great satisfaction in earning my own cash so I can buy stuff.

People who have everything handed to them... well... IMO won't have a good grasp on reality later in life.

---Fred

[Miscue]

Rich kids don't know how to appreciate anything. I've known a few people like this, and some of these people totally make me sick. I know a girl who got a $7,000 handbag from her folks. She lost it. They bought her a $10,000 handbag to replace it. Got a brand new BMW. She wrecked it (She was on the phone, dropped her lipstick, tried to pick it up while driving, blamed rear ending someone on the guy in front who "stopped" too fast). They bought her a replacement Lexus, which she has since replaced many times over... about once a month. They bought her a house, and furnished it. They give her money all the time even though she moved out. Her parents made her go to work though, although she was against it. Mind you... the job she got was given to her. Now, she's a manager at a particular business... completely worthless. However, she executes her ability to fire people upon a whim... and makes her workers 'serve' her like she's some kind of queen. Oh, and she uses all the money she makes to buy clothes and stuff. She has no bills. I know this because she brags about it, and thinks she's something else... and people will marvel in how rich she is.

Take away the money mommy and daddy gives them, force them to make a living on their own... and they will have an extremely difficult time. The jobs they can get, will not be "good enough" for them, and the jobs they want (if they finally get off their butts) they will not be qualified for. And you think they'll spend money wisely after they've been so used to being wasteful? You think they can handle shopping at WalMart? Same girl that buys a dress for hundreds/thousands... and throws it away after a little while because it's "out of style." They have no concept of reality...

I'd say, it's a greater thing to be able to stand on one's own two feet. Giving your kid everything doesn't help them. They turn out to be gold plated, diamond studded speed bumps... completely worthless individuals.

One of my really good friends... his parents are both doctors and have their own clinic. They have a big house, buy expensive cars... travel the world... etc... They got big money. But the kids don't get a part of this. He used to bring a backpack to highschool that he had since elementary... until he finally got a new one because it broke. I used to buy him computer parts and stuff for his birthday and XMas because his parents would not get him ANYTHING, except for essentials. He had to earn everything. He had to work at $8/hour at a job he got all by himself... to pay for stuff. Now, he turned out well... and will be a doctor himself in a couple years.

This will be his break however: He gets to work at/control the clinic when he's a doctor. This is after he has learned many of life's lessons... and has proven himself. That to me is smart, and the best way to give to your kids. Of course, his parents still cash in since they own it... while he works and they don't! Brilliant.

I joke with him: Some people invest... some have 401ks and stuff... his parents did something better... they got a better retirement plan: him!

[InfinatyBPS]

Lol, over here if you live in a 2 story house you are considered "rich" or if you have a car that is newer than 5 years old... I don't know anybody that is rich, everyone thinks I'm rich because I'm white and play paintball... But I'm probably poorer than most people at my school...

[LittMag]

[sarcasm]

Yeah, stupid rich kids, I can't believe they get stuff handed to them. They should just give it all up.

[/sarcasm]

No offense, but please just quit your whining. They're amonst the few, the lucky. You better believe that most of their parents are working their asses off to get the money to give to their kids. The fact that they can is a reflection on how successful they are. Instead of being envious of them, be envious of their successful parents. Seriously, if you had the resources to give your child the best things, would you not?

So, some kid is going to take over a multi-million dollar company, do you think that it's gonna be a cakewalk running it? Do you think that he can just go an slack off? If he isn't smart and doesn't work hard, do you think that the company is gonna run itself? Either the company would flop, or he'd get kicked out.

[SpongeBobSquarePants]

I'm considered rich because I have a angel and don't leave in a trailer park. Stupied people at my school think your rich if your house has a foundation. Anyway girl at my school got a brand new 2003 ReD Mercades Compressor and she is 15. Now does that tell you anything?

[TigerMan]

Originally posted by Restola
People need to focus on their OWN lives (and what they have done to reach their own goals).

I couldn't agree more. People can sit here all day saying stuff and how all these people are wicked for having stuff, but it isn't going to change anything. It's going to have more of an effect on yourself than it's them. Your going to get all caught up in something that shouldn't mean anything to you. If you worry about something like that, you'll never have any pride in yourself and what you have, because you'll always be concerned or comparing yourself to that other person.

I live in an area where there's plenty of families with money, which rubs off into material for the kids. Many kids at my school drive BMW's, convertibles, or large SUV's. Now I don't know what my parents plans are for me when I get my license, but I know I won't be getting everything paid for nor a very expensive car. Does it bother me that kids at my school are driving cars that are worth more than $35k? Yeah a little, but do I let it get to me? No. I could care less really what they drive because I know in reality that car won't do anything for them for their future. It won't buy them a house, it won't get them a job, it won't even get them into college. Life is just that way where someone is always going to have something better, but it doesn't mean squat in reality terms. Like a few others have said, if you have everything given to you, you'll never know how to earn something for yourself as you'll always expect it to just be given to you. Point being, they're way more important issues in life than the possesions of others.

[Warewolf50]

I go to a private school so most of the kids I know are like that. Just one example of this is a kid in my spanish had a land rover, got a ticket for speeding then he hit someone from behind at a red light and totaled his car along with 2 other cars. within 2 weeks he had anothe land rover, and his parnts got him a lawyer to get him out of loosing his license for 6 months.

[Cha0tic]

people that complain and make stereotypical comments about the wealthy tick me off. i admit it, i'm a rich kid. however, i've only been "rich" for about 3 years. my family was damn poor ever since they were married. i never got expensive toys and name brand clothing. my dad finally got lucky starting a new business, and now we are wealthy. i am 17, and yes, i drive a new car. i share the car with my other siblings, but it is a car. my family worked very hard to get the money we have now. i just hate it when people assume that every rich family just came across the cash and is automatically spoiling their kids.

but ya, kids driving 50-100 thousand dollar cars is a little rediculous....i know a few of those kids.

[Cliffio]

my parents are rich, but im broke as a college kid can be

just because a few parents flaunt their money there are 10 others who are conservative with it even tho they COULD buy all the junk in the world. SOME parents like to teach their children responsibility with money.

[HoppysMag]

Originally posted by Cliffio
my parents are rich, but im broke as a college kid can be

just because a few parents flaunt their money there are 10 others who are conservative with it even tho they COULD buy all the junk in the world. SOME parents like to teach their children responsibility with money.

one of the worlds richest mens children went to college with 20$ and a beat up 10 speed bike... oh and a minimum wage job to pay for college.... it was some one like rockafeller's kids or sumthing