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Are adults really not supposed to financially helps their old parents? (sopuli.xyz)

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I've seen clip of that financial advice show "The Ramsey show" on YouTube and the things that old man say are shocking to me. According to him I shouldn't give a single cent to my parents... That's so against my culture. I would be seen as downright evil if I do that.

Hell I'm unemployed for like a year by now and still sent 200 euro a few months ago to my father that still lives in my home country that I haven't seen in 17 years.

Are you really Americans like that? Don't get me wrong, I don't see it as cold hearted but I see it as unnatural, and I'M a "socialess" cold person in essence.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (6 children)

European here, if my parents needed assistance I'd do my best to help them 100%. But that's because they're my parents, they can be thrifty, I know they're not gambling addicts or spending it all on booze etc. Having to ask (not outright, but no longer strongly refusing my help or no longer dumping money on us at every opportunity to avoid inheritance taxes) would be an indicator that they're already pretty desperate.

Lots of people aren't as lucky regarding their parents.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Did some europeans countries not also have a retirement income of sorts?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Don't know how in other countries, but in Poland the state retirement income is too low for living.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't Poland also have a weird law allows parents to force their children to pay a form of "alimony"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

I don't know anything about it

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