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One of my biggest pet peeves, is people who live off their parents. I understand it is hard to be young and have no money (trust me, I’m there), and I am not saying that you shouldn’t be able to ask your parents for help (because trust me I do), but I really lose respect for people who don’t even try to be financially independent. It is very easy to move to the city and have your parents pay for your apartment and buy your groceries and give you an allowance but you don’t learn anything that way, and you certainly don’t grow up. I am very proud of all of my friends for the way they handled things post- college. They all managed to find apartments and jobs and make it without asking their parents to foot the bill. Even if they had to borrow money at first, they paid it back.

I don’t know why it bothers me so much- it just does. My ex- roomate from Chicago moved to NY post college and doesn’t even have a job. She volunteers and is not completely useless, but isn’t it kind of pathetic to still be completely dependent on your daddy? Maybe it’s not and I’m just being judgmental.  My other friend’s roomate is from LA. She worked here 5 months before she got fired and now she sits on the couch and watches TV while she collects unemployment. How is it that someone who lived and worked in NY for 5 months collects unemployment for over a year? That doesn’t seem fair, especially considering that her parents pay  her $1700 rent check every month. I know that I shouldn’t worry about it bla bla bla, but it actually becomes my problem when kids with super rich parents move to NY and pay for everything because it drives up the cost of living for everyone else who is trying to make it on their own. I am also tired of paying unemployment money to people who don’t need the money and also make no effort to find a job.

Maybe I’m just bitter because it’s Monday back from vacation…..