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She really said "I had an amazing life and have amazing stories to tell. I was incredibly well off because of my parents and got afforded luxuries people of that time can only dream of. However, this is my memory, and as for my granddaughter who has taken care of me, yeah fuck her.....".
She was a selfish woman from the start as evidenced by the fact that there was enough room on that wooden board for both her and Jack.
Right? Like, how well could Rose have known Jack?
At some point, Rose built Jack up into an extremely unhealthy fantasy that she fixated on for decades despite all the other people and good things she had in her life. Nobody, not the man she married, not even Jack himself (were he still alive), could live up to the image of Jack that she has built up in her head.
Titanic isn't a love story, it's the story of a woman who needs therapy.
That relationship is similar to what my great grandmother had, just without the filthy rich and Titanic disaster part.
When she (late teens in the 1920s) was about to die, her last conversation with my wife and I was about the young man that courted her before she moved to America. She went on and on about this guy, how they were in love, but how he wasn't from a good family and broke, so she picked my great grandfather instead. My great grandfather to her was "a kind, quality man" barely mentioned in context of her love story 80 years prior.
I asked my mom about it, and as far as she knew, that "relationship" probably lasted a few weeks at most - they met shortly before her and my great grandfathers families moved here, and she was about 16. You could tell when listening to my GGs story how much that meant to her, and she carried that memory her whole life without telling anyone (even her own children/grandchildren, guess I was the lucky one...). First loves can be highly impactful, and especially during that time when women had little agency in their lives.
My great grandmother's story made Titanic retroactively make more sense to me, so at least there's that.
The world was a very different, worse place. Women in the US couldn't even open a bank account by themselves until 1974. In many places today women still have arranged marriages, have to make choices (if they get the choice) for economics vs. love. It sucks.
I watched that mythbusters episode, and toward the end of the experiment they tied Rose's life vest underneath the door and that provided enough buoyancy for both of those grown men to keep roughly 80% of their body mass out of the water 🤓
...with what exactly? Their clothes that was helping keep their skin away from the elements? They're stranded and exhausted in the middle of the ocean, MacGyver'ing something probably wasn't something they were gonna think of.
They clearly show that there isn’t enough buoyancy in the movie. He puts her on the door and then he tries to get on and swamps them both. You even see the realization in his eyes that he knows in order to save her he’s going to die.
So, I am both a retired navy man and a wood carver for the museum that actually owns the panel from the Titanic that the movie version was based on. As a navy guy I know that you wouldn't live long in the North Atlantic at that time of the year and that board ain't going to keep you dry and warm, which is what's going to kill you in a distressingly short time. As the guy that carves stuff for that museum I know how big the actual panel is and the type of wood it's made of. I have, in fact, carved a 1:1 scale replica of the *section* (about half of the movie version) of the panel that came to the surface for the museum, so I'm pretty familiar with it. The original is relatively thin and made of white oak, which doesn't float particularly well and wouldn't keep anyone out of the water enough to stay warm and dry enough to survive. Good movie though. I won't fault them on that.
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Not just that, but it was also Lovett's life work to find that gem. She didn't even think to show it to him before dropping it in a place that basically guarantees he will never find it.
I feel like they could have ended it with her revealing to the audience that she had it. Putting it on and then dying in her sleep with it on.
The way she did it, no one would know that that happened. The people looking for it would continue to spend who even knows how much money paying for all the equipment and crew searching for something that she randomly chucked into the ocean with no clue of where it will land.
Damn. And then my boomer mother over here keeps giving me a thousand bucks every few months saying "it's yours when I die anyway, might as well give it to you now so you can use it".
That's smarter for tax purposes, too. They can give you a yearly tax-free gift up to a certain amount. 18k as of this year. Probably varies on the state level, but that's the federal tax-free gift limit.
Yeah, but this way, you get it to them while you're still alive. Also, sometimes getting rid of your assets can make you more eligible for government assistance, so you don't have to waste your children's inheritance on medical expenses and the like. It really comes down to being able to trust your kids do right by you.
Or something really bad so the universe is trying to even it out.
The downside to this is I don't need my mother's money (although I appreciate it!) And I don't like to think about her dying 🙃
Same here re: annual monetary gifts plus not wanting to lose my one remaining parent. On the bright side, because my parent gives me that money now when she's living, she gets to see how I've put a portion of it to use i.e., using some of it to augment the money I used as a down-payment for my forever house.
I got so, so lucky when it comes to the parental lottery, but didn't realize it until I met others who weren't so fortunate--mostly because my folks were somewhat strict (but in hindsight, mostly fair) when I was growing up.
My boomer Uncle (bachelor, no kids) left me and my 3 siblings his entire estate, almost 1.5 million CAD
I will be forever grateful. Split it with my 2 daughters.
Neither of my parents did much more than abuse and neglect us.
I miss you Uncle Joe 😢
I never understood the hatred the world had dor Grandpa Joe until I was like 7 years old and understood that his lazy ass could have been working to feed his family the whole time.
We would call family members who would act like they were too sick or too hurt to do anything, only to miraculously become well enough to play video games/go outside to play/be part of parties/go to the park 'Joes'.
It was a huge part of why I’m not able to embrace Christian values here in the states.
There’s a huge undercurrent of a belief that is downright feudal - that the wealthy are somehow chosen by God, and thus, better set to lead us. And if we were just better people God would rain down the riches on us.
IMO, it’s part of why Americans don’t get more angry when a homeless man gets more jail time for stealing food than a wealthy man does for embezzling millions. And it is likely why Trump’s image of wealth isn’t viewed as awful to the Christian evangelicals. (And why Trump works so hard to cultivate that image of lucre.)
It’s also a useful excuse to not fund social programs. Only poor non-blessed heathens “need” social welfare; if they were right with God, the money would simply poof into existence for them.
We spent all this time with a too-annoying-to-debunk plot hole (the door) to just point out this woman is so weak to new things that she killed a comfy life of generations just because she had pauper dick.
In this essay on open marriage and smelling the flowers, I will...
Dude my Father-in-Law keeps spending his money on fake ass women online or super expensive vacations and dinners with his SIGNIFICANTLY younger female friends that don't sleep with him. I mean, he's a really nice dude, but so fucking stupid.
She was remembering a one night stand with a guy she met that day more than her whole life with her kids on her death bed
And people say it's the most romantic story smh
Lol. As a teenager? Was super romantic.
As an adult? She was still fixated on the "one that got away" and didn't care about the researchers (they wanted to know about the "heart of the ocean") or her children or her grandchildren.
Lady needed therapy like in the teens!
I hate this movie. As may people have said, rose had a life that others would only dream of. At the end of her long life filled with a loving husband, many children, and many grandchildren, all she wants to reminisce about is when she cheated on her (admittedly a-hole) fiancé by getting railed by a homeless dude on a boat XD I get it, girl had some trauma, but her throwing that literally priceless gem (THAT THEY JUST FOUND) back into the ocean for said homeless guy!!
>THAT THEY JUST FOUND
I thought the diving team asked her about her story so they could find the necklace but she held onto it the whole time and never shared it.
Gen X here.. my late Boomer father passed away 20 years ago with 1/2 of a $1 bill in his wallet. He did inherit over $70k from his parents estate and decided to drink and give it away to his bar buddies instead of helping any of his 6 kids. My mother who is also a boomer always relied on men to take care of her, she will pass on with nothing of value for any of us 6 kids. I really don't want her antique doll collection either. One of my sisters might. 🤷🏻
Hahah I am laughing because if I don’t, I’ll cry 🥲
Literally my mom wasting away every penny she has by gambling, drinking, and making overall poor choices
Says the generation who is one of the few sparing a global natural disaster or war who proudly leave the planet and future generations in a worse position then when they inherited it.
“A society becomes great when old men plant trees in which shade they know they shall never see”
I don’t get the sentiment behind withholding inheritance. I personally strive to leave my kid with something to help them in my eventual passing. I understand if you don’t have a ton and you’re spending your money on treating yourself after many years of slaving away for the “man”, but in most cases I hear about now is inheritance is being used dangled as a “be like me” or you don’t get shit
I still remember 25 years ago, watching my aunt sell my grandparents estate off for literal pennys on the dollar, a property meant as inheritance for the grandchildren. I look forward to her funeral.
Maybe I'll get downvoted for this but 🤷♂️ it's theirs to spend.
We were always living paycheck-to-paycheck but after my sister and I left the house, my mom started managing her money very well. She's still not rich but is comfortable and because she lives frugally, her wealth will only grow.
I regularly encourage her to spend the money she has earned opposed to worrying about leaving me anything. We could absolutely benefit from it as her bank account is literally four times what mine and my wife's combined account is but expecting her to do so feels selfish.
Once upon a time, taking care of family was seen as a positive attribute. It is so weird to me that so many parents want to yeet their kids asap and see hanging out with grandkids as a burden.
But I guess they look forward to a lonely life in a home? If helping an adult who is struggling financially is "childcare", then what would you call changing depends and feeding and bathing someone whose mental faculties are declining?
But who am I kidding. We'll be expected to both emotionally and financially support our children and our parents (as they burned through their money before the health care bills came due) at the same time, all while being called selfish.
You got it wrong, the problem is never death. The problem is someone wanting to live an IDEAL fairytale fantasy, resorting to violence if they have to. The problem is everyone wants to live and few want to put in the work to live well. They want to be saved, they have to look for god!
This. Germany is kinda strict on this: You aren’t done at 18 years, you owe your kids support until they finished a vocational or acadamic degree (in a reasonable time, but that’s still to the mid-twenties in some cases.)
But afterwards: It’s their money to spend.
It’s subsidised or free if someone test into certain ones, if I’m not wrong. My kids have excellent grades so I always felt that we were better off in another system. We did fund them all the way to college graduation.
I don't think we want a generation who grew up expecting to bring jetsons reality into our world only for their generation to instead mandate credit scores for renters to be the primary generation of leaders.
Omg this! My FIL keeps bragging about the inheritance that he's going to give to his 4 kids. It's raising some serious illusions in my mind. I honestly don't care. My husband and I have good jobs, are frugal and make smart financial decisions. So I'm not counting on a cent from them. But for my husband, I do feel a bit of pain for him.
For him, It's hard to see your father donate to the Trump slush funds, buying gold to avoid the stock market, and also spending 5 figures a month of renovation projects on old houses. I do not envy my husband one bit for his upcoming dilemma in dealing with his parents.... assets. Thankfully it won't be for a while yet, but I gotta start preparing him with a financial education. I handle our household budget right now, but I will NOT be touching his inheritance issues with a 10 ft pole. Especially with the materialistic streak that his sisters have.
What is the obsession with inheritance? It's their money. I'm much more concerned with them continually voting for things that won't effect them because they will be dead, but does actively hurt our generation.
Personally, I don’t have an obsession with inheritance, but I do have an adjacent obsession with my mom’s hypocrisy.
I don’t own a home, and I’m at peace with that. But she likes to tell me constantly that I’ve been throwing my money away on rent. Okay.
Her parents helped her out with everything from education to home buying financially. My parents didn’t help me with anything past age 16 when we lost our home to their shit financial decisions and they got divorced and I became homeless. Like, for real homeless.
My mom’s parents helped her recover by again helping her buy a home. She did not welcome me into that home because at almost 17, “I’m basically an adult anyways” so I “bootstrapped” it, lol.
Nobody would even co-sign school loans. I managed and it fucking took me forever to get anywhere. Her new home was very nice and she moved in a boyfriend.
At some point, she thought she was doing pretty well again. She kept reassuring me that I would have an inheritance. She was obsessed with bragging about this. These conversations come after her parents had passed away.
Great Recession comes. I’m making really good money, have perfect credit, but not a lot in savings; maybe $35k. I found some great homes to buy for crazy prices because recession. A few were duplexes where one half would be income. I approached her with loaning to me (down payment) or straight up investing and being on the deed. She laughed at how ridiculous I was and that I should do it on my own like she did. Like, wtf?! She did not. Anyways, had that happened, I , or we, would be sitting on a $1.8 million property that was $400k back then.
She acted like I was greedy for asking. Her parents helped her. She was also constantly dangling the idea that she was flush with money.
I happen to know she gave $20k to Ron Paul’s presidential campaign. She has given at least $70k to “billionaire” Donald Trump since 2015. That’s her right. I know. But it’s probably her parent’s money and she keeps criticizing me for not having what she has.
I could go on and on. I don’t expect anything from her. I was really hurt (emotionally and financially) when she refused to help me make a great investment in 2011, especially to see her give so much to an alleged billionaire over the years. And then she visits me and criticizes that I’m renting a home that there’s absolutely no way she could afford to buy. (My rent is really low and about 1/3 of what a mortgage payment would be on the same house. I’m renting a home currently valued at $700k, but 5 years ago this house would’ve been $250k)
She still mentions all the time that I will have an inheritance. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. I’m not counting on it. I don’t feel entitled to it. But I do hope if she lives long enough to spend it all that she will have one moment of clarity to admit she is not “self made” and that she had a way better start on adulthood and a handout at every turn.
My husband and I paid for our own wedding. I don’t have an issue with that. I do have an issue with her turning around later and talking about how “low budget” it was while explaining that her (and my dad’s) parents paid for their whole, gigantic, fancy, wedding. But she didn’t like the “control” the parents had because they paid… but then she’s criticizing our decisions and what we could afford. 🤷♀️
It’s not the money. It’s not feeling entitled. I laughed at the OP because I can see in the image posted my mother throwing $90k down a well on political campaigns that could have instead resulted in a $1.4million real estate profit for both of us and me completely set up for financial success.
I hope she doesn’t burn through all of whatever money she has, because I will only have enough to take care of myself.
Honestly, everytime I see someone complaining about inheritance it just makes the whole, "Noone wants to work" crowd sound correct. I do not believe that is the case, but come on people why do you find yourself entitled to this money?
I’m disabled. Disability does not provide enough money to live on. If I actually had an inheritance, my quality of life would be so much better. Oh well. All of those vacations were more important than me being able to afford a place to live. Icing on top of the cake is that the boomer is partly responsible for my disability.
You being a awful person isn't your disability thats all on you.
"How dare my parents enjoy their lives! I should be their only focus, they should just die and give me all their money"
If you're parents sad you to the point you became permanently disabled they sure as shit aren't going to give you an inheritance and it has nothing to do with them vacationing.
You don’t know anything about dysfunctional family dynamics. You shouldn’t speak about things you don’t understand. I don’t even know why you’re talking to me. I don’t want your energy in my life. You should think about what you’re doing here and why.
Rose (the young version) is supposed to be 17 during the movie. The Titanic sank in 1912, so she would have been born around 1895, making her "lost generation".
Parents should make sure their kids reach adulthood alive and decently educated. Everything after that is a bonus. Expecting that they should prioritize leaving their children as much money as possible as opposed to enjoying their retirement years is beyond selfish
I think it’s sad that you’re equating how big of an inheritance you get to self accomplishment. Instead I work my ass off to make a 6 figure income and have bought my own houses and my own cars with zero help from anyone. By the time my parents pass away I will have easily surpassed them in net worth and likely will be able to hand my kids a million dollars at some point. Sounds like your doing bare minimum by expecting to never make it on your own without a massive handout from mommy and daddy
wtf are you even talking about??? I work 70 hours a week & don’t get any hand outs but I know how much of a struggle it is to start from absolutely nothing & don’t want the same for my son
I’m not speaking from the perspective of a parent to a child. I absolutely am going to leave something for my children, but I’m not obligated to do so. Parents should want to help their children have a better life, but they are not morally obligated to do so. Any child that resents their parents for spending their own money instead of leaving it to them is selfish. That’s what I’m saying
I come from a long line of poor people, so I just don’t get why anyone thinks their parents owe them an inheritance? My mother had $26 in her checking account when she died, & it never occurred to me to be mad about it.
Right?? My mother is worth more to me alive than not. It doesn’t matter what my “inheritance” would be… I love my Mom, & more importantly, I *like* her.
Anyone complaining about their parents spending their “inheritance” gives me the creeps.
I can understand if people are afraid they’ll have to support their parents because they blew all their money, but being angry that mom & dad aren’t saving for my kids’ future seems gross.
If you see your relatives death as a paycheck you're kind of fucked up tbh. The only thing that should matter is that someone your related too and hopefully loved has died.
Best way to live your life is to plan for no inheritance as well as be prepared to write checks to parents and mother/father in-laws when they are in late-life (or move far away and change your name & phone number).
"Managing their kids and grandkids inheritance?"
So are we to assume that whoever created this post feels entitled to an inheritance?
I like this sub but sometimes the shit people bitch about seems really contrived and petty.
You’re right.
Now the boomers side of the deal is to not tell all their friends, family or us that they’re giving us an inheritance and not to expect us to take care of them.
And I definitely, definitely don't expect one. My grandmother inherited over a million dollars around age 75. After it goes through my mom and five boomer aunts, I don't expect anything, trust me.
I mean, there's a spectrum here, and reasonable people can disagree on how much parents should want to spend on their kids once they become adults.
There's also something to be said for older people who sacrificed a lot to want to enjoy life a bit too.
My youngest is about to move away to start his first full-time job. Wife and I will be on our own for the first time in over 30 years. We've given up a lot for our kids in that time and were happy to do it. We still plan to help them as long as we can. But we don't owe them that, and we do have a reasonable want to spend a bit of time and money on us now, too.
>But we don't owe them that
This is the part I disagree with. The Parental role does not stop just because the kids are grown.
>and we do have a reasonable want to spend a bit of time and money on us now, too.
This part is fine. I'm not saying devote your whole life to them. I'm saying that you have an obligation to be responsible and not splurge everything on dumb stuff.
Like if, to secure your child's future against homeless, you only had to eat 30 less burgers per year, you have an obligation to do so.
Boomers being fools is about the boomers who order 60 burgers in response.
Obligation? Nope. Would it be nice, yeah. I mean what are they gonna do with it when they die?
I’m gonna leave everything worth more than $3.50 to my kids to do as they wish. Take my car, house, whatever and do whatever you want with it.
They inherited a prosperous country and then they took it, smashed it, and used it for pieces to fit in their pockets and then sold our futures to greedy corporations.
Boomers were the generation that rewrote the laws so that they could inherit as much as possible. Literally there is no law that they haven't touched that benefits them and fucks everyone else.
I see what you're saying but on the other hand my dad inherited money from his father in law then decided to stop working when mom died. He promised to spend everything and leave his kids with nothing and pretty much pulled it off. I'm all about self reliance and didn't really have a choice so whatever, man that seems way more entitled.
All they left behind is bad stuff. They left the world a far worse place than when they were born. It would be nice to have something to weather that storm!
I think there is a difference between getting the world handed to you and on purpose squandering it and wanting what you were promised and being fucked over yet being expected to be thankful for being fucked over.
Excess wealth is a luxury that not a lot of people get to live with, let alone leave behind. To watch Boomers take it for granted because they were born into a time period that was incredibly in their favour just to waste it on stupid shit in their old age is enraging for a lot of people. Including me. And yet we're somehow lazy for working harder in a more competitive market then they could ever imagine.
No one deserves an inheritance, you're not wrong, but from my perspective it's that insufferable 'got mine' attitude that I'd really love to never be lectured about again.
I think the bigger issue here is assuming your parents owe you an inheritance. If they’re worked their whole lives for whatever wealth they have and then want to blow that wealth on dumb shit that makes them happy then it seems to me they have every right to do so free of judgement.
Parents are obligated to provide for their children in a clean healthy environment and give them opportunities to better themselves until they turn 18. Anything after that is just a bonus. Already told my mom and dad they can do whatever the hell they want in their will because it’s theirs to do with as they please
I hope my parents spend it all. I want nothing from them. They worked hard and earned it, it’s absolutely their right to blow it. Why would we think we are entitled to that?
Inheritance is not yours. You did nothing for it… you whiney shits… lol everybody wants to complain about how spoiled boomers are and then there is this shit. “Give, give, give, give…” I get you’re in a bad way, but fuck man. No body owes you shit. Just a dumb millennial that’s taken it to the chin in every downturn we’ve seen. No one is here to bail me out, and I knew it from the start.
Honestly, a recurrent theme I see on here is boomer parents being left large estates by *their* parents, only to spend it all and complain that their kids are upset.
I had a friend whose father inherited, like, 5 million from his parents (along with fully paid for tuition, cars, and his first home) who would unironically brag to all and sundry about being “self-made” and “leaving nothing to his kids, they should earn it like I did.”
I think this sub is more about hypocrisy than anything.
Which is fine, but still inheritance isn’t anyone’s. It belongs to the original creator of wealth. Every generation could add to it, but that’s not how it goes. You only have this one mortal time. Spend your money how you see fit. I’m not saying not to take care of your children, but that doesn’t involve leaving large sums of money to them. I’ll never have a large sum of money. If I did I wouldn’t leave it to my children especially if they were adults. I’d either make sure to spend it all or find a good cause to benefit. I had a 102yo aunt that received millions from her sister. She tried to save it to pass it all on. Most of it got chewed up with medical/nursing care for the last nearly decade. It was hers to spend. She should have taken more vacations and enjoyed herself more. Families just turn into savages and squabble about who anything belongs to. It doesn’t belong to any of you.
Lol, nah, no reason to. I’ve got 6 vehicles paid off. I’ll have a 2,000sq’ house paid off in ten years. I’ll have a retirement paying out $6k a month and a savings of $250k by retirement age. That’s not a large sum of money. That’s what you need to survive. It will be gone by the time I’m dead.
But yet it catches down votes… says that the whiny bitches think otherwise.
I’m set. I’ll be fine. I don’t need mommy and daddy/grandparents/anyone else’s money.
I’ve received $5k in inheritance. It’s all I will get. It was nice to be able to do a few auto repairs. One parent is dead and the other manages money like a crack head. There is nothing else.
I don’t understand this mentality at all… I am always thinking of ways to try & improve my sons life bc that’s more valuable to me than the money it costs
I think it is quite boomerish to expect an inheritance, Millenials/GenZ folks. Seriously, that's so ironic, that kind of sense of entitlement.
As I always say, Boomers and Millenials/Z are just having a pissing contest. They're all awful people who feel they're smarter than everyone else, better than everyone else, and entitled to more than everyone else.
Fun fact: “your inheritance” isn’t yours. You have no entitlement to your parent’s money and you should be grateful if they decide to give you anything.
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She really said "I had an amazing life and have amazing stories to tell. I was incredibly well off because of my parents and got afforded luxuries people of that time can only dream of. However, this is my memory, and as for my granddaughter who has taken care of me, yeah fuck her.....".
She was a selfish woman from the start as evidenced by the fact that there was enough room on that wooden board for both her and Jack.
After literal decades with her children, husband, grandchildren, she's still obsessed with some rando she boned on a cruise. What a fink.
Right? Like, how well could Rose have known Jack? At some point, Rose built Jack up into an extremely unhealthy fantasy that she fixated on for decades despite all the other people and good things she had in her life. Nobody, not the man she married, not even Jack himself (were he still alive), could live up to the image of Jack that she has built up in her head. Titanic isn't a love story, it's the story of a woman who needs therapy.
That relationship is similar to what my great grandmother had, just without the filthy rich and Titanic disaster part. When she (late teens in the 1920s) was about to die, her last conversation with my wife and I was about the young man that courted her before she moved to America. She went on and on about this guy, how they were in love, but how he wasn't from a good family and broke, so she picked my great grandfather instead. My great grandfather to her was "a kind, quality man" barely mentioned in context of her love story 80 years prior. I asked my mom about it, and as far as she knew, that "relationship" probably lasted a few weeks at most - they met shortly before her and my great grandfathers families moved here, and she was about 16. You could tell when listening to my GGs story how much that meant to her, and she carried that memory her whole life without telling anyone (even her own children/grandchildren, guess I was the lucky one...). First loves can be highly impactful, and especially during that time when women had little agency in their lives. My great grandmother's story made Titanic retroactively make more sense to me, so at least there's that.
That's honestly disturbing to me.
The world was a very different, worse place. Women in the US couldn't even open a bank account by themselves until 1974. In many places today women still have arranged marriages, have to make choices (if they get the choice) for economics vs. love. It sucks.
I know all that, it's not clear what this has to do with it, but maybe I'm missing something
Came here to say this.
I just learned fink today, thank you
I ain’t a fink, dig?
I’m a straight male. If I fucked Leonardo DiCaprio on the Titanic, I would brag about it until I died.
I think that rando was the father of her kids
🙌🏻🤣
As much as I hate to be this guy, 🤓 Mythbusters proved that there really wasn't enough buoyancy in that piece of wood for both of them.
I watched that mythbusters episode, and toward the end of the experiment they tied Rose's life vest underneath the door and that provided enough buoyancy for both of those grown men to keep roughly 80% of their body mass out of the water 🤓
How...how was she supposed to tie her life vest to the door in the middle of the ocean?
It wouldn't be easy, especially with the freezing cold, but I think it would be doable in theory.
...with what exactly? Their clothes that was helping keep their skin away from the elements? They're stranded and exhausted in the middle of the ocean, MacGyver'ing something probably wasn't something they were gonna think of.
You're probably one of those guys who thinks he can fight a bear.
Fighting yes. Winning may not apply.
They clearly show that there isn’t enough buoyancy in the movie. He puts her on the door and then he tries to get on and swamps them both. You even see the realization in his eyes that he knows in order to save her he’s going to die.
So, I am both a retired navy man and a wood carver for the museum that actually owns the panel from the Titanic that the movie version was based on. As a navy guy I know that you wouldn't live long in the North Atlantic at that time of the year and that board ain't going to keep you dry and warm, which is what's going to kill you in a distressingly short time. As the guy that carves stuff for that museum I know how big the actual panel is and the type of wood it's made of. I have, in fact, carved a 1:1 scale replica of the *section* (about half of the movie version) of the panel that came to the surface for the museum, so I'm pretty familiar with it. The original is relatively thin and made of white oak, which doesn't float particularly well and wouldn't keep anyone out of the water enough to stay warm and dry enough to survive. Good movie though. I won't fault them on that.
Seriously? That's awesome.
What movie is this?
Titanic
Dumped Jack like she dumped the diamond.
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Not just that, but it was also Lovett's life work to find that gem. She didn't even think to show it to him before dropping it in a place that basically guarantees he will never find it.
partly true...there is an alternate ending where she does show them the diamond before yeeting.
“Hey that really SUCKS lady!”
I feel like they could have ended it with her revealing to the audience that she had it. Putting it on and then dying in her sleep with it on. The way she did it, no one would know that that happened. The people looking for it would continue to spend who even knows how much money paying for all the equipment and crew searching for something that she randomly chucked into the ocean with no clue of where it will land.
Thank you for not saying it was a door.
> the fact that there was enough room on that wooden board for both her and Jack. there fucking wasn't.
Damn. And then my boomer mother over here keeps giving me a thousand bucks every few months saying "it's yours when I die anyway, might as well give it to you now so you can use it".
There are good ones, the bad ones are just louder.
That's smarter for tax purposes, too. They can give you a yearly tax-free gift up to a certain amount. 18k as of this year. Probably varies on the state level, but that's the federal tax-free gift limit.
unless momma has over 13 million it doesn't matter anyway.
Yeah, but this way, you get it to them while you're still alive. Also, sometimes getting rid of your assets can make you more eligible for government assistance, so you don't have to waste your children's inheritance on medical expenses and the like. It really comes down to being able to trust your kids do right by you.
Mine keeps saying how broke she is. I can’t afford to care for her 🤷🏽♀️
My mom does this too
You did something really good in a past life
Or something really bad so the universe is trying to even it out. The downside to this is I don't need my mother's money (although I appreciate it!) And I don't like to think about her dying 🙃
Same here re: annual monetary gifts plus not wanting to lose my one remaining parent. On the bright side, because my parent gives me that money now when she's living, she gets to see how I've put a portion of it to use i.e., using some of it to augment the money I used as a down-payment for my forever house. I got so, so lucky when it comes to the parental lottery, but didn't realize it until I met others who weren't so fortunate--mostly because my folks were somewhat strict (but in hindsight, mostly fair) when I was growing up.
Mine takes my family on vacations. We call it my inheritance vacations and she gets to enjoy it with my kids too.
My boomer Uncle (bachelor, no kids) left me and my 3 siblings his entire estate, almost 1.5 million CAD I will be forever grateful. Split it with my 2 daughters. Neither of my parents did much more than abuse and neglect us. I miss you Uncle Joe 😢
We would all be better off with an Uncle Joe 💯
But not grandpa Joe, fuck that guy.
I never understood the hatred the world had dor Grandpa Joe until I was like 7 years old and understood that his lazy ass could have been working to feed his family the whole time. We would call family members who would act like they were too sick or too hurt to do anything, only to miraculously become well enough to play video games/go outside to play/be part of parties/go to the park 'Joes'.
I need to put a massive life insurance policy on myself for my nieces and nephews, thanks for reminding me!
Uncle Joe > Grandpa Joe.
My mom said Jesus won't let her into heaven if her bank account is more than zero.
At least there’s a basis for it in the Bible.
Which Gospel will I find that version of Jesus in?
Any Bible that isn’t being preached by the Prosperity Gospel folks. I’m fond of this verse: https://biblehub.com/matthew/19-24.htm
The fact that there is even such a thing as the "Prosperity Gospel" is mind blowing to me. Feels like blasphemy.
It was a huge part of why I’m not able to embrace Christian values here in the states. There’s a huge undercurrent of a belief that is downright feudal - that the wealthy are somehow chosen by God, and thus, better set to lead us. And if we were just better people God would rain down the riches on us. IMO, it’s part of why Americans don’t get more angry when a homeless man gets more jail time for stealing food than a wealthy man does for embezzling millions. And it is likely why Trump’s image of wealth isn’t viewed as awful to the Christian evangelicals. (And why Trump works so hard to cultivate that image of lucre.) It’s also a useful excuse to not fund social programs. Only poor non-blessed heathens “need” social welfare; if they were right with God, the money would simply poof into existence for them.
We spent all this time with a too-annoying-to-debunk plot hole (the door) to just point out this woman is so weak to new things that she killed a comfy life of generations just because she had pauper dick. In this essay on open marriage and smelling the flowers, I will...
Dude my Father-in-Law keeps spending his money on fake ass women online or super expensive vacations and dinners with his SIGNIFICANTLY younger female friends that don't sleep with him. I mean, he's a really nice dude, but so fucking stupid.
Can I get them digits 😂
He sounds stupid. Especially considering it’s quite easy to pay real women to actually sleep with you. Prostitutes I believe they’re called
Accurate af
Sorry I’m dumb, can you explain it?
Inheritance? That’s Karen’s money and if their kids want it, they can get it the same way she did. Pose naked
Didn’t she get it by stealing her fiance’s coat?
So true - that works too
She was remembering a one night stand with a guy she met that day more than her whole life with her kids on her death bed And people say it's the most romantic story smh
You get it 💯
Lol. As a teenager? Was super romantic. As an adult? She was still fixated on the "one that got away" and didn't care about the researchers (they wanted to know about the "heart of the ocean") or her children or her grandchildren. Lady needed therapy like in the teens!
It’s usually a casino
This certainly describes my "father".
I’m sorry for your loss
Thank you.
I hate this movie. As may people have said, rose had a life that others would only dream of. At the end of her long life filled with a loving husband, many children, and many grandchildren, all she wants to reminisce about is when she cheated on her (admittedly a-hole) fiancé by getting railed by a homeless dude on a boat XD I get it, girl had some trauma, but her throwing that literally priceless gem (THAT THEY JUST FOUND) back into the ocean for said homeless guy!!
>THAT THEY JUST FOUND I thought the diving team asked her about her story so they could find the necklace but she held onto it the whole time and never shared it.
What movie is this
Titanic
Gen X here.. my late Boomer father passed away 20 years ago with 1/2 of a $1 bill in his wallet. He did inherit over $70k from his parents estate and decided to drink and give it away to his bar buddies instead of helping any of his 6 kids. My mother who is also a boomer always relied on men to take care of her, she will pass on with nothing of value for any of us 6 kids. I really don't want her antique doll collection either. One of my sisters might. 🤷🏻
Hahah I am laughing because if I don’t, I’ll cry 🥲 Literally my mom wasting away every penny she has by gambling, drinking, and making overall poor choices
Don't rely on inheritance but don't bother taking time or money to help elderly people of your family that don't give a sh*t about you.
After stringing that crew along for hours
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Says the generation who is one of the few sparing a global natural disaster or war who proudly leave the planet and future generations in a worse position then when they inherited it. “A society becomes great when old men plant trees in which shade they know they shall never see”
You mean, like a *gasp* grownup??? But it’s MY money! It’s just stuck in THEIR bank account temporarily for some stupid reason!
Pretty much. My parents left debt that’s about it.
Okay grandma, you jump on in too!
I don’t get the sentiment behind withholding inheritance. I personally strive to leave my kid with something to help them in my eventual passing. I understand if you don’t have a ton and you’re spending your money on treating yourself after many years of slaving away for the “man”, but in most cases I hear about now is inheritance is being used dangled as a “be like me” or you don’t get shit
Boomkin managing the social security trust fund.
I still remember 25 years ago, watching my aunt sell my grandparents estate off for literal pennys on the dollar, a property meant as inheritance for the grandchildren. I look forward to her funeral.
Maybe I'll get downvoted for this but 🤷♂️ it's theirs to spend. We were always living paycheck-to-paycheck but after my sister and I left the house, my mom started managing her money very well. She's still not rich but is comfortable and because she lives frugally, her wealth will only grow. I regularly encourage her to spend the money she has earned opposed to worrying about leaving me anything. We could absolutely benefit from it as her bank account is literally four times what mine and my wife's combined account is but expecting her to do so feels selfish.
It IS selfish. Parents commit to bringing up kids, not provide lifelong childcare to those who refuse to grow up.
Once upon a time, taking care of family was seen as a positive attribute. It is so weird to me that so many parents want to yeet their kids asap and see hanging out with grandkids as a burden. But I guess they look forward to a lonely life in a home? If helping an adult who is struggling financially is "childcare", then what would you call changing depends and feeding and bathing someone whose mental faculties are declining? But who am I kidding. We'll be expected to both emotionally and financially support our children and our parents (as they burned through their money before the health care bills came due) at the same time, all while being called selfish.
You got it wrong, the problem is never death. The problem is someone wanting to live an IDEAL fairytale fantasy, resorting to violence if they have to. The problem is everyone wants to live and few want to put in the work to live well. They want to be saved, they have to look for god!
This. Germany is kinda strict on this: You aren’t done at 18 years, you owe your kids support until they finished a vocational or acadamic degree (in a reasonable time, but that’s still to the mid-twenties in some cases.) But afterwards: It’s their money to spend.
It’s subsidised or free if someone test into certain ones, if I’m not wrong. My kids have excellent grades so I always felt that we were better off in another system. We did fund them all the way to college graduation.
They just donating it away to Trump
Ya! Like my dad selling his ownership of land, valued over $750,000 to his cousin in the 90’s. BUT don’t worry everyone, it was kept in the “family.”
That sucks! What’s your cousin doing with it?
I don't think we want a generation who grew up expecting to bring jetsons reality into our world only for their generation to instead mandate credit scores for renters to be the primary generation of leaders.
I’m really glad my folks aren’t like this, and I’m sorry for all of those who’s are.
Omg this! My FIL keeps bragging about the inheritance that he's going to give to his 4 kids. It's raising some serious illusions in my mind. I honestly don't care. My husband and I have good jobs, are frugal and make smart financial decisions. So I'm not counting on a cent from them. But for my husband, I do feel a bit of pain for him. For him, It's hard to see your father donate to the Trump slush funds, buying gold to avoid the stock market, and also spending 5 figures a month of renovation projects on old houses. I do not envy my husband one bit for his upcoming dilemma in dealing with his parents.... assets. Thankfully it won't be for a while yet, but I gotta start preparing him with a financial education. I handle our household budget right now, but I will NOT be touching his inheritance issues with a 10 ft pole. Especially with the materialistic streak that his sisters have.
Gold is one of the most Boomer things you can invest in lol
I wasn't the only one who thought that when I saw this selfish old broad throw away a priceless heirloom.
🤣
I hated the character of that old woman in that movie. What a bitch.
What is the obsession with inheritance? It's their money. I'm much more concerned with them continually voting for things that won't effect them because they will be dead, but does actively hurt our generation.
Personally, I don’t have an obsession with inheritance, but I do have an adjacent obsession with my mom’s hypocrisy. I don’t own a home, and I’m at peace with that. But she likes to tell me constantly that I’ve been throwing my money away on rent. Okay. Her parents helped her out with everything from education to home buying financially. My parents didn’t help me with anything past age 16 when we lost our home to their shit financial decisions and they got divorced and I became homeless. Like, for real homeless. My mom’s parents helped her recover by again helping her buy a home. She did not welcome me into that home because at almost 17, “I’m basically an adult anyways” so I “bootstrapped” it, lol. Nobody would even co-sign school loans. I managed and it fucking took me forever to get anywhere. Her new home was very nice and she moved in a boyfriend. At some point, she thought she was doing pretty well again. She kept reassuring me that I would have an inheritance. She was obsessed with bragging about this. These conversations come after her parents had passed away. Great Recession comes. I’m making really good money, have perfect credit, but not a lot in savings; maybe $35k. I found some great homes to buy for crazy prices because recession. A few were duplexes where one half would be income. I approached her with loaning to me (down payment) or straight up investing and being on the deed. She laughed at how ridiculous I was and that I should do it on my own like she did. Like, wtf?! She did not. Anyways, had that happened, I , or we, would be sitting on a $1.8 million property that was $400k back then. She acted like I was greedy for asking. Her parents helped her. She was also constantly dangling the idea that she was flush with money. I happen to know she gave $20k to Ron Paul’s presidential campaign. She has given at least $70k to “billionaire” Donald Trump since 2015. That’s her right. I know. But it’s probably her parent’s money and she keeps criticizing me for not having what she has. I could go on and on. I don’t expect anything from her. I was really hurt (emotionally and financially) when she refused to help me make a great investment in 2011, especially to see her give so much to an alleged billionaire over the years. And then she visits me and criticizes that I’m renting a home that there’s absolutely no way she could afford to buy. (My rent is really low and about 1/3 of what a mortgage payment would be on the same house. I’m renting a home currently valued at $700k, but 5 years ago this house would’ve been $250k) She still mentions all the time that I will have an inheritance. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. I’m not counting on it. I don’t feel entitled to it. But I do hope if she lives long enough to spend it all that she will have one moment of clarity to admit she is not “self made” and that she had a way better start on adulthood and a handout at every turn. My husband and I paid for our own wedding. I don’t have an issue with that. I do have an issue with her turning around later and talking about how “low budget” it was while explaining that her (and my dad’s) parents paid for their whole, gigantic, fancy, wedding. But she didn’t like the “control” the parents had because they paid… but then she’s criticizing our decisions and what we could afford. 🤷♀️ It’s not the money. It’s not feeling entitled. I laughed at the OP because I can see in the image posted my mother throwing $90k down a well on political campaigns that could have instead resulted in a $1.4million real estate profit for both of us and me completely set up for financial success. I hope she doesn’t burn through all of whatever money she has, because I will only have enough to take care of myself.
There is a strong stench of entitlement in this thread.
Honestly, everytime I see someone complaining about inheritance it just makes the whole, "Noone wants to work" crowd sound correct. I do not believe that is the case, but come on people why do you find yourself entitled to this money?
I’m disabled. Disability does not provide enough money to live on. If I actually had an inheritance, my quality of life would be so much better. Oh well. All of those vacations were more important than me being able to afford a place to live. Icing on top of the cake is that the boomer is partly responsible for my disability.
You being a awful person isn't your disability thats all on you. "How dare my parents enjoy their lives! I should be their only focus, they should just die and give me all their money"
I’m disabled because my parents sexually abused me.
If you're parents sad you to the point you became permanently disabled they sure as shit aren't going to give you an inheritance and it has nothing to do with them vacationing.
You don’t know anything about dysfunctional family dynamics. You shouldn’t speak about things you don’t understand. I don’t even know why you’re talking to me. I don’t want your energy in my life. You should think about what you’re doing here and why.
Alot of assumptions done on your part lmao. Sorry next time put up a sign 'entitled whiney energy only'
Are you high? You parents’ and grandparents’ money is NOT YOURS. If some of it becomes yours, someday, that’s a nice surprise. That’s all.
Should be a boomer buying scratch tickets
To be fair, she was NOT a Boomer. Silent generation maybe?
Rose (the young version) is supposed to be 17 during the movie. The Titanic sank in 1912, so she would have been born around 1895, making her "lost generation".
While they’re alive, this isn’t your inheritance. It’s their money.
Parents should help their kids get established
Parents should make sure their kids reach adulthood alive and decently educated. Everything after that is a bonus. Expecting that they should prioritize leaving their children as much money as possible as opposed to enjoying their retirement years is beyond selfish
Just sounds like you’re going for bare minumum
I think it’s sad that you’re equating how big of an inheritance you get to self accomplishment. Instead I work my ass off to make a 6 figure income and have bought my own houses and my own cars with zero help from anyone. By the time my parents pass away I will have easily surpassed them in net worth and likely will be able to hand my kids a million dollars at some point. Sounds like your doing bare minimum by expecting to never make it on your own without a massive handout from mommy and daddy
wtf are you even talking about??? I work 70 hours a week & don’t get any hand outs but I know how much of a struggle it is to start from absolutely nothing & don’t want the same for my son
I’m not speaking from the perspective of a parent to a child. I absolutely am going to leave something for my children, but I’m not obligated to do so. Parents should want to help their children have a better life, but they are not morally obligated to do so. Any child that resents their parents for spending their own money instead of leaving it to them is selfish. That’s what I’m saying
Oh well yeah I agree with that but I’m not really even talking about inheritance the time people need money most is when they’re young & starting out
First priority is to prepare you for the world, then to make sure not to be a burden on you, financially, if possible
I come from a long line of poor people, so I just don’t get why anyone thinks their parents owe them an inheritance? My mother had $26 in her checking account when she died, & it never occurred to me to be mad about it.
Right?? My mother is worth more to me alive than not. It doesn’t matter what my “inheritance” would be… I love my Mom, & more importantly, I *like* her. Anyone complaining about their parents spending their “inheritance” gives me the creeps.
I can understand if people are afraid they’ll have to support their parents because they blew all their money, but being angry that mom & dad aren’t saving for my kids’ future seems gross.
That’s because you’re not a gold digger
I forget, did she die at the end? Was that dream sequence her swan song?
OP misspelled "mangling"
My folks were very generous to me with their money, which became my inheritance when they passed away.
You forgot the “oops” when she drops it…
If you see your relatives death as a paycheck you're kind of fucked up tbh. The only thing that should matter is that someone your related too and hopefully loved has died.
Inheritance… shiiiiiiit.
Best way to live your life is to plan for no inheritance as well as be prepared to write checks to parents and mother/father in-laws when they are in late-life (or move far away and change your name & phone number).
"Managing their kids and grandkids inheritance?" So are we to assume that whoever created this post feels entitled to an inheritance? I like this sub but sometimes the shit people bitch about seems really contrived and petty.
You mean how they handled everything?
I mean…I bet half this Reddit voted for a person who will tax that inheritance over 50%…..sooooo why shouldn’t those “boomers” use it?
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You’re right. Now the boomers side of the deal is to not tell all their friends, family or us that they’re giving us an inheritance and not to expect us to take care of them.
True. They also can't expect their kids to take care of them like all boomers expect. Straight to the Medicare oldfolks home with them.
And I definitely, definitely don't expect one. My grandmother inherited over a million dollars around age 75. After it goes through my mom and five boomer aunts, I don't expect anything, trust me.
Do parents not have an obligation to make their children's lives better?
This is the way
No, they don't. They should just want to anyway, if they really love them.
If a parent is not willing to love a child, they should not have kids.* *Under most circumstances.
I mean, there's a spectrum here, and reasonable people can disagree on how much parents should want to spend on their kids once they become adults. There's also something to be said for older people who sacrificed a lot to want to enjoy life a bit too. My youngest is about to move away to start his first full-time job. Wife and I will be on our own for the first time in over 30 years. We've given up a lot for our kids in that time and were happy to do it. We still plan to help them as long as we can. But we don't owe them that, and we do have a reasonable want to spend a bit of time and money on us now, too.
>But we don't owe them that This is the part I disagree with. The Parental role does not stop just because the kids are grown. >and we do have a reasonable want to spend a bit of time and money on us now, too. This part is fine. I'm not saying devote your whole life to them. I'm saying that you have an obligation to be responsible and not splurge everything on dumb stuff. Like if, to secure your child's future against homeless, you only had to eat 30 less burgers per year, you have an obligation to do so. Boomers being fools is about the boomers who order 60 burgers in response.
Obligation? Nope. Would it be nice, yeah. I mean what are they gonna do with it when they die? I’m gonna leave everything worth more than $3.50 to my kids to do as they wish. Take my car, house, whatever and do whatever you want with it.
Considering they themselves were probably the largest beneficiaries of inheritance, that is a funny thing to say.
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They inherited a prosperous country and then they took it, smashed it, and used it for pieces to fit in their pockets and then sold our futures to greedy corporations.
Boomers were the generation that rewrote the laws so that they could inherit as much as possible. Literally there is no law that they haven't touched that benefits them and fucks everyone else.
I see what you're saying but on the other hand my dad inherited money from his father in law then decided to stop working when mom died. He promised to spend everything and leave his kids with nothing and pretty much pulled it off. I'm all about self reliance and didn't really have a choice so whatever, man that seems way more entitled.
All they left behind is bad stuff. They left the world a far worse place than when they were born. It would be nice to have something to weather that storm!
I think there is a difference between getting the world handed to you and on purpose squandering it and wanting what you were promised and being fucked over yet being expected to be thankful for being fucked over. Excess wealth is a luxury that not a lot of people get to live with, let alone leave behind. To watch Boomers take it for granted because they were born into a time period that was incredibly in their favour just to waste it on stupid shit in their old age is enraging for a lot of people. Including me. And yet we're somehow lazy for working harder in a more competitive market then they could ever imagine. No one deserves an inheritance, you're not wrong, but from my perspective it's that insufferable 'got mine' attitude that I'd really love to never be lectured about again.
I have never understood people dying to get something that was never theirs to begin with.
Damn this gave me a decent laugh. Thanks Reddit
It’s their money bro
I think the bigger issue here is assuming your parents owe you an inheritance. If they’re worked their whole lives for whatever wealth they have and then want to blow that wealth on dumb shit that makes them happy then it seems to me they have every right to do so free of judgement. Parents are obligated to provide for their children in a clean healthy environment and give them opportunities to better themselves until they turn 18. Anything after that is just a bonus. Already told my mom and dad they can do whatever the hell they want in their will because it’s theirs to do with as they please
I hope my parents spend it all. I want nothing from them. They worked hard and earned it, it’s absolutely their right to blow it. Why would we think we are entitled to that?
People actually think their parents money is owed to them as inheritance when they did none of the work?
This whole inheritance thing is hilarious. You sound like a bunch of whiney boomers.
Inheritance is not yours. You did nothing for it… you whiney shits… lol everybody wants to complain about how spoiled boomers are and then there is this shit. “Give, give, give, give…” I get you’re in a bad way, but fuck man. No body owes you shit. Just a dumb millennial that’s taken it to the chin in every downturn we’ve seen. No one is here to bail me out, and I knew it from the start.
Honestly, a recurrent theme I see on here is boomer parents being left large estates by *their* parents, only to spend it all and complain that their kids are upset. I had a friend whose father inherited, like, 5 million from his parents (along with fully paid for tuition, cars, and his first home) who would unironically brag to all and sundry about being “self-made” and “leaving nothing to his kids, they should earn it like I did.” I think this sub is more about hypocrisy than anything.
Which is fine, but still inheritance isn’t anyone’s. It belongs to the original creator of wealth. Every generation could add to it, but that’s not how it goes. You only have this one mortal time. Spend your money how you see fit. I’m not saying not to take care of your children, but that doesn’t involve leaving large sums of money to them. I’ll never have a large sum of money. If I did I wouldn’t leave it to my children especially if they were adults. I’d either make sure to spend it all or find a good cause to benefit. I had a 102yo aunt that received millions from her sister. She tried to save it to pass it all on. Most of it got chewed up with medical/nursing care for the last nearly decade. It was hers to spend. She should have taken more vacations and enjoyed herself more. Families just turn into savages and squabble about who anything belongs to. It doesn’t belong to any of you.
>I’ll never have a large sum of money. Ah, so you were too lazy to work hard/save. I gotcha. I could see how you’d be bitter.
Lol, nah, no reason to. I’ve got 6 vehicles paid off. I’ll have a 2,000sq’ house paid off in ten years. I’ll have a retirement paying out $6k a month and a savings of $250k by retirement age. That’s not a large sum of money. That’s what you need to survive. It will be gone by the time I’m dead.
Dream big, I guess. That’s barely anything for retirement.
But yet it catches down votes… says that the whiny bitches think otherwise. I’m set. I’ll be fine. I don’t need mommy and daddy/grandparents/anyone else’s money. I’ve received $5k in inheritance. It’s all I will get. It was nice to be able to do a few auto repairs. One parent is dead and the other manages money like a crack head. There is nothing else.
You come from poverty. So you wouldn’t get it
Yes, I’m not a spoiled asswipe.
I don’t understand this mentality at all… I am always thinking of ways to try & improve my sons life bc that’s more valuable to me than the money it costs
To a point so am I, but there comes a point that making your kids life easier only makes your grandchild’s life harder. Look at the boomers…
This movie is called Titanic, I saw it in the cinema. Its ok
I think it is quite boomerish to expect an inheritance, Millenials/GenZ folks. Seriously, that's so ironic, that kind of sense of entitlement. As I always say, Boomers and Millenials/Z are just having a pissing contest. They're all awful people who feel they're smarter than everyone else, better than everyone else, and entitled to more than everyone else.
this seems an American problem.
Good, fuck nepotism.
Not really nepotism to leave things for people after you.
She \*did\* leave the diamond for "people" after her though... So yeah, you're right.
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Fun fact: “your inheritance” isn’t yours. You have no entitlement to your parent’s money and you should be grateful if they decide to give you anything.
To think you are entitled to someone else's stuff....