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@dandan07 (1906)
China
July 4, 2009 10:20pm CST
One of my cousin, now is 28 years old, still depend on his parents to support his live. Now he is out of job, while his parents have to work day from night to meet two ends meet for his family. To say the truth, I lok down upon the NEET group, and do not want to be the member of it. But now I find that I can not do much better than him. The price of the house is too high here, while my income is far from enough to buy one. To buy a house only by myself seems to be inpossible now. I find that without my parents' help, I can not afford the house. If I ask for my parents, it will cost all the saving of my parents. Living with the parents may be a choice. But I still believe relying on parents is not a way to success. But how can I solve the problem?
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@Simon1223 (903)
• China
29 Aug 11
Just like you, I also hate those who belong to the NEET group. But nowadays most young people rely on their parents more or less. Take house for example, a young man usually graduate from unversity at 22 or 23. Suppose that he could earn 5000 RMB per month and works five years until he gets married, he could collect about 150 to 200 thousand RMB. But in Shanghai such number is unable to satisfy the down payment of a house in the downtown. Without a house, it's hard for him to find a girl to marry him. So he has no choice but turn to his parents for assistance. I don't know whether it's the fault of the young man or the fault of the society.
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@dandan07 (1906)
• China
30 Aug 11
As I come from a single parent family, I do not have the chance to be a member of neet group now. During the time in the University, to make life better I try to study hard to get scholarship and try some part time jobs. As I do not need to ask my mother for money, I can make a decision by myself and buy something in my style. Now my mother will ask me for some suggestion about the family thing, and she treats me as an equal family members. I think have financial independence is very important. You can get respect when you are an independent person, even in a marriage or family. I think to many young people now they want a lot of things which they can not afford now, while they do not know how to solve the problem. I now do not have any money, but I try to save about $50 per month. Last year, I used my savings to study Japanese, and now I pass the Japanese Test of N2 level. I think now to young people you should spend money on yourself to learn as more skills as you can, and you will have a period of earning big money at your 40s. While comes to the house, I think now many people think too much about the house while consider too less about their eduction and skills. Even in Shanghai, it is not easy for a person to get a job with 5000 RMB per month, but it is still possible for a senior artisan to earn more than 20000 RMB per month in a small town her. But many young man do not want to spend time and energy to make them become a senior artisan, for it is really hard. I took chemical engineering as my major in the university, and now I am on the way to be an engineer with PHD. You can say PHD become more and more today, but PHD is still a scarce resources in China. After graduation, I will get settling-in allowance if I go back to my hometown, and I have a chance to enjoy the benefits from talent introduction program that means I can have a house for free if I serve my hometown for 10 years. So if you take a look at this, you will find that education is a better investment than a house now. While many young people say that they can not wait so much time.
• Philippines
5 Jul 09
At age 28, this is the time in one's life where we can meet some of life's successes, but what you have just narrated is just funny where in at this age your cousin is still living with his parents. My comment and point of view for this problem is that for you to tell and give an advice to live xis life alone independently,
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@dandan07 (1906)
• China
6 Jul 09
Thank you for your post. Now here in China, as most family have only one child in a family, parents try their best to meet the need of their child. And the child is use to the life without any payout. My cousin's parents are the member of that kind of parents. Though I can not do much better than my cousin, I now feel that I have to do something to chance myself to be a independent person. Can support myself, and think by myself, have the power to respond of my action.
@embhc8 (48)
• United States
5 Jul 09
I think the unfortunate truth is that in this economy it is all about being smart with your money. I was living in an apartment for a while but I knew that i wanted a house. So with my parents support I moved back home for the past two months and scrimpted and saved and now I am buying my first home. I love my parents for allowing me to live at their home and I plan to return the favor if they need it. I do however think it is rediculous for a 28 year old to be jobless living off thier parents that is just irresponsible and their parents should just kick them out.
@dandan07 (1906)
• China
6 Jul 09
When I meet trouble that I find it very hard to solve, first sight, I would like to find help from someone. In most coase, I will think of my parents first. I know if I ask my parents for help, they will try their best to help me solve the problem. But in the other way, I lose the a good chance to solve a problem by my own power. I am now 24 years old, a time- when have to spend a lot of money while can not earn enough to meet all my needs. But in one's life, everyone of us may have a period of hardtime. I think to me now, it is the very time. So now, when I meet trouble, I will try to cool my head down, think twice before act. Then try to find out a possible way to solve the problem by myself. I know if I always ask for help from my parents, I can not grow up as a really adult.