NO ONE mentioned the married kids who after multiple years of parents paying out a thousand plus a month, married Lakewood kids want a down payment now!!!
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What do we do now?
The answer is fairly simple: just say no.
Look, my in-laws helped us out when we got married. But Eeees and I would NEVER dream of asking (much less *demanding*) anything from them. We’re extremely grateful for all they have done for us, but it was all done at their initiative.
God willing, I’d like to be able to help my kids the same way. I hope I’m raising my kids the right way to understand that they don’t “have it coming to them” and that they have no right to “demand” anything. And, moreover, I hope I’m teaching them well enough that if their fiances “demand” anything of me, that they will see that for the character flaw that it is and seriously reconsider marrying that person.
The Wolf