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Originally Posted by RabidRat
You know, as a parent, I wouldn't blink at buying my kid a Ferrari if it meant a guarantee they'd study hard enough / stay off drugs long enough to get into post-secondary. I'd reverse-mortgage my house, downsize, and/or delay my retirement if I had to. That's an easy sacrifice.
The reason I wouldn't, is because it would really fuck up their lives. - What the hell could you even aspire to if you'd already had the best? What's the point anymore? There's just nothing to work towards. It's like starting an RPG at Lvl 99. It's fun for all of 15 minutes and then it's like "what are we doing here?".
- What's after the Ferrari? That's the end game. It's all downhill from there. How could you derive ay happiness from driving any other car after owning something like that?
- Makes them weak. If we've learned anything from Dragonball Z, it's that you only get stronger by getting your ass kicked through hardship.
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My cousin is in that dilemma, his parents were working in another city due to their business. He got offered any car if he can make it to uni.
He signed up for flying school which required no pre-reqs. Got a $150K E63s and a detached house to live in. He doesn't have much aspiration for anything because even his salary at air canada for the first couple of years can't buy a better life than he already has.
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Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD
just gotta find the chicks who really value character and feels, lots of em out there
tiffany who grew up with daddy issues and a lotta childhood trauma ain't it
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I can only imagine we're talking about the same tiff
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes
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Daddy hobz got us
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Originally Posted by Badhobz
Those office jobs are hard to get nowadays and not necessarily financially rewarding. Like if you look at the amount of work those cpa’s do, their per hour drops to a minuscule amount. Work vs effort.
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While I agree the majority of CPA's suck. Within the 5-7 CPA's I talk to weekly, we're all 1 day office or full remote, free time for hobbies, averaging < 20 hours a week, and make > 5-10% median salary for working the little hours that we do. The beginning was $40K/year and you're on your knees playing politics. Took about 5-8 years to get to a good position for all of us. The real bread and butter is having a low stress and non time consuming job that allows the freedom to pursue fun side hustles to generate income to sustain expensive hobbies.+
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Originally Posted by Traum
Saw this bit and I am gonna say -- health benefits from work are a nice-to-have, but a bare bones safety net plan is sufficiently affordable to purchase on your own. IMO basic dental coverage that you can buy on your own, however, offers a fairly poor value for your money. So make sure you brush your teeth and floss on a daily basis bcos dental work is seriously $$$$$.
Also bear in mind that a lot of married couple get their extended health benefits off their spouse's work plan. A lot of couples I know have 1 partner working a steady, secure job with health coverage, while the other works a higher paying job with few other benefits.
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Dental benefits are worth MAYBE $500-1,500 annually, just get paid more and pay the $100/month yourself. Health benefits should not be valued that much.