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What I am slowly realizing however is that I can’t remain in this sphere of affluence and not think about money forever. I come from a rich family, yes. Are they rich enough to support me for the rest of my life at my current lifestyle? I don’t think so. Not to mention the fact that even if they were, they most definitely would not support me for the rest of my life. At some point in the near future, I won’t be living off my parents and needing to be making money on my own. This is what my older brother said was the hardest part about leaving home. What I do know though, is that my brother and I will always have a safety net. My parents helped my brother buy his first home, they financed him through more than four years of college, and he still has a credit card from my parents to use “during emergencies”. My brother’s dog was hit by a car and needed emergency surgery. He didn’t have the money to pay for it, but luckily he reached into his wallet and pulled out his “emergency” credit card.
My brother and I have never, and will never live the low wage life. We will always have the safety net of having parents who will be there for us in times of desperation or near-desperation. Of course my brother does not take this safety net for granted; Tsunami (my brother’s dog) wouldn’t be around today without my parents because there was no way my brother could have afforded to pay for the surgery on his own.
People, who live the low wage life however, aren’t blessed with the luxury of having this safety net. Things would change if I didn’t have a safety net, to the point where I can barely imagine what I would do.
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