Dose of Reality for Trust Fund Kids
Reality (along with a little schadenfreude) has come to the post-college rental market in Williamsburg: According to an article in The Times this weekend, the twenty-somethings who’ve been able to rely on Mom and Dad when the first of the month rolled around are finding that they have to come up with the rent the…
Reality (along with a little schadenfreude) has come to the post-college rental market in Williamsburg: According to an article in The Times this weekend, the twenty-somethings who’ve been able to rely on Mom and Dad when the first of the month rolled around are finding that they have to come up with the rent the old-fashioned way now that the older generation is struggling more under the weight of the financial crisis. And while having less time to play in a band or work on a canvas may not be music to the ears of those used to being on the receiving end of parental largesse, some who watched jealously without help can’t help but take some pleasure in their neighbors’ misfortune. If I’m going to be completely honest, it does make me feel a little bit better, said one struggling wallpaper designer. It’s bringing a lot of Williamsburg back to reality.
Parents Pulling the Plugs on Williamsburg Trust-Funders [NY Times]
Photo by Ando228
Hilarious. Does this mean that since the parents are no longer paying the rent that there’ll be less helicoptering?
Oh dear – look at what little Miss Calvert got up to. Looks like daddy spared the rod…
http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2008/08/misha_calvert.html
WOTD for these kids: “Paycheck” – that’s what you get when you WORK
I did laugh/groan at that MM (ps welcome to Team Reasonable!)
thanks THL. Having most definitely not been born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I do wonder whether I am unfair in my judgement of others sometimes – in this case though, I’m pretty firm in my convictions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQnsN3um-iQ
“It seems to me that if you’re going to be resentful of others’ having more money than you”
the chance that you will be happy in life is about 0.00000000005%.
chicken I couldn’t have said it better myself.
there’s going to be that ironic sting now when they re-listen to Pulp’s “Common People”
chicken, you are right, but you gotta love that line – “They say, ‘You want me to work eight hours?'”