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Originally posted by pbpck
If any of you posting about her "lack of maturity" had their parents pay for most of their tuition, helped with car insurance, health insurance, rent, etc, then get off your high horses. Lord, where is the sympathy that you all used to have. The kindess that drew young posters in? I am in shock.
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I am in shock too. Do you really think no one in here had to actually WORK for what they have?
At 19, I had a full time job that paid for my rent, utilities, car insurance, ALL other bills, and scholarships/loans that paid for my full-time class load. Perhaps that is the reason I took the stance that I did. From my experience, you CAN be financially independent of your parents at age 19. That is why I have little tolerance for people who have never tried to wean themselves from their parents, yet complain about their current situation. I also have grown up on a strict regimen of "tough love" (i.e. learn life's lessons the hard way...on your own), which is why I am a bit harder than some other posters. I do not apologize for my attitude, but I have apologized to Digital for coming off as cold and insensitive.