I could be wrong here, but it's deffo in my case.
When I was a kid, for most things, if I wanted something, it wouldn't be financial reasons why I couldn't get it. Dad never said "I can't afford that" or something along those lines, but would say "You can have it for your birthday when your birthday comes" or "You can't have that as [any reason really]". It's not that I was spoiled, it's just that my 'rents were never broke in my childhood eyes. The reality is, just like most people on the planet, he had to graft for it. It's also when he was 40, he was quite established in the respect that he was paying the mortgage and all that. The very concept of a mortgage was beyond me, we had a house, we lived there, it was ours. You plug something in to get 'lecy, and it works. You turn a tap and water comes out... and that's how it works.

Then, when moving out of the 'rents home, I had to pay these bills for myself, so I had to work. I was young so I didn't have the wages he bought in. When I was short of cash to pay a bill, he cold sort me out, but by then he was in his late 50s and was reaping the rewards of a lifetime's work.

I seriously fall short at the moment of my 'rents, on a financial basis, but they've had a lifetime head start. I know I'll get there eventually, but I don't remember the days when I was a baby and they were struggling. And when I was a kid, on the scale of things, a £10 toy wasn't as big as a deal as, say, a car. And I never knew him as a teenager living with friends (well, his wife, my ma', 'cus they married young) or in those days when he was at where I'm at today.

I think that make's sense.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 18:55, Reply)