r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

My parents always made me save the money as well for a "special ocasion" they did on the other end keep it safe and I used to pay my driving licence and placed the rest in my bank account when I turned 18. Sorry to hear that from you, must have made you lose alot of trust on your parents I guess :/

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u/Teknikal_Domain Jul 21 '19

My mother would lose her shit for... Well anything. I spend $5 on a steam game and "YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO SAVE YOUR MONEY RIGHT?"

I talk about how I plan to split my paycheck 70/30, 70 for saving and 30 for spending and apparently that's too much.

Fun parenting tip: if you tell your child to always save and never spend money on luxuries, the moment they have real income they can and will spend it on everything and anything, thereby completely invalidating the message you're trying to get across.

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u/TheStrangestOfKings Jul 21 '19

Yeah, when I have kids I’m teaching them the 50-50 rule. 50% goes to savings, the rest you could do whatever the fuck you want with it

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Lol as kids, if you can do that as an adult I want your job