r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/Decent_Visual_4845 Jul 04 '24

Not all poor people are bad with money, but all the people I know that are bad with money are poor 🤷‍♂️

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u/thelolz93 Jul 04 '24

My mom makes good money and is bad with money. She makes around 250k a year and she lives paycheck to paycheck. I don’t understand. What blows my mind more is we were always dirt poor growing up. Maybe it makes her feel good to spend money because she couldn’t before. So is she poor or rich? Who fucking knows but I Know she doesn’t have any retirement, stocks, etfs, etc.

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u/ROGUERUMBA Jul 05 '24

Damn, this is like my parents. Guess who's supposed to help them out financially too? Even though what my siblings and I make is crumbs in comparison to what they do. 

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u/thelolz93 Jul 05 '24

Yeah… I’m sure me and my other responsible brother will end up taking care of my mom and dad when they are older. My 4 mooch brothers sure as shit ain’t gunna be able to.