I'm just going to say it: grown children can be just awful. I'm not sure how old you are but I'm a Gen X. I had 3 kids and my two oldest have done really well financially. My oldest and I no longer speak. He is a deplorable person with an elitist hypocritical attitude. My daughter who is the youngest struggles financially but she is morally solid. My youngest does well financially but he is emotionally weak. I provided them a good childhood. They didn't complain and as adults they bragged about it and about me. Then one day I became terminally ill. My entire family abandoned me. I ended up homeless and on the streets for years. It wasn't until 5 years later, when my youngest son's evil wife left, that he invited me to come stay. I was finally able to get on my feet. He remembered how I had helped him and his wife for years. I learned many lessons throughout my a
Experience: don't
expect loyalty from millennials and younger: don't rely on anyone but yourself. Don't expect others to reciprocate. They forget or deny the extent of the help you gave them.
