Oh yeah same thing with my ex. It was like his parents were burning money away. Mommy and daddy got him everything. They were divorced but it didn't put a hole in their pocket. He had it so easy. My mom and dad have worked hard for their money since they came to Jersey. My dad used to work two jobs and my mom used to work one just to keep us happy. Now that my parents are divorced, my mom works two jobs for my 2 brothers and I. But with my ex, his mom would give him $60 to take the garbage out and swiffer the floor. I would clean half the house and i got squat. He wanted a car and daddy got one for him. He wanted a brand new xbox 360 and mommy got him one. I had my first job at 15. I worked 6 or 7 hours 4 days a week to get what i wanted. And he kinda just sat there

Haha, my boyfriend and I are both shit broke and we don't really care. Our area is completely surrounded by colleges and thus makes the job market shit. I've been looking for 6 months to no avail (I'm probably not going to count the 10-hour-a-week pet store job) and I've been doing landscaping and odd jobs to be able to get by.

I envy people who can just sit around and work little hours...there's so much I want to do but I'm broke :[

My boyfriend is getting lasik, but it isn't because he's too lazy to wear his glasses or contacts. His parents are well off, and even though he likes to treat me to nice dinners and gifts, I don't think he's in any way so spoiled and lazy that it skews the way he sees things.

@michellenose@lovelyish - It wasn't so much that he was thinking about the procedure, more that that (rather expensive) alternative was the first thing to come to his mom's mind.

I don't mean to chastise them for having the ability to pay for lasik, I just thought, at the time, it was a little ridiculous to propose it as a "quick fix." I guess that's just a big difference in the way my ex and I were raised.

But hey, more power to your bf! I know a few people who have had lasik, and have been quite please with the results. :)

well, imagine making a mediocre salary and supporting a dead beat boyfriend who has an addictive drug habit while paying for everything, including your school loans.  that was my only experience when it came to financial disagreements. between that and having a rich boyfriend where money is readily available, i think your situation's not so bad.

Hmm..I think the OP's post was mentioning how his eyes were not bad enough to get lasik. He basically needed them just to drive and such. Nothing wrong with the procedure itself.. I think she's just mentioning how his family wasn't about practicality but quick fixes. Money means nothing. Slightly bad vision? Surgery! Want a car? Sure! Xbox? Awesome. Take it all attitude.

I've had this same problem, but was at the other end of the spectrum.  My parents are fairly well off, but they haven't always been.  They built their business from the ground up. I had one illiterate grandparent and one with an 8th grade education.  I remember when I was little my father would leave the house before the sun came up and come home long after darkness fell.  Both of my parents worked full time jobs and my dad worked 3 jobs.  However now after many years of saving and doing without they have been able to build up several successful business, properties and restaurants.  My dad still works a full time job, but he is able to eat dinner at home before the sun is down now.  My mom works out of her house now running the business.  I haven't always gotten everything I wanted, but my parents do help me with money sometimes because they know how hard it is from experience and they don't want it to slow me down.  I've had a job every summer since I was 16 with the exception of one summer where I went to school.  My first boyfriend always gave me a hard time about my parent's success and constantly tried to attribute my accomplishments to having money.  I will say that not having to rub pennies together gave me more time and energy to spend on school.  However being well off didn't let me graduate with a 4.0 or a 32 on the ACT.  It didn't get me an award based scholarship to college and it didn't land me the internship I have now.  I pay for all of my school books, clothes, trips/activities and use student loans to help pay for the rest.  He often called me spoiled and other nasty things in a malicious manner.  It bothered him so much that we eventually broke up over his behavior regarding the subject.  I'm very grateful for my parents for everything that they do for me and it broke my heart that he hated them so much because they were affluent. 

My current boyfriend and I do come from similar financial backgrounds and the relationship is much more solid.  While money may not be everything, it is important.  If you plan to spend a significant amount of time with your SO then issues of money management will come up and it is good to have a similar outlook.  With everything that can go wrong in a relationship, it is nice not having to worry that we'll disagree over this.  We're both very frugal spenders despite having the money to spend because you never know when an unexpected expense may surface or a good investment opportunity may arise. 

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