Have you met some unemployed rich "adults" whose parents still fund their lifestyle? Give me stories!

Naw man I came from a very, very average American working class family. My parents don't support me financially! They have been supportive in other ways though like watching a lot of my races, crewing for me, and always encouraging me to follow my dreams in running and education etc.

Heck, I make more income per year personally than my Dad every made in his 30 years of public school teaching. How he supported a family of 5 on that income is beyond me.... but then again we grew up in rural Oregon. I do remember the few times we went skiing in my childhood though and my parents were like: "this is a 'rich person' sport".....we always had to rent all the gear and it was this big special treat we got to do like once every 3-4 years.

Truth be told (and you can check with Rojo on this) I was considered so "poor" by Cornell that I got so much financial aid that it was more affordable for me to go to a private Ivy League school than to stay in-state at a public college paying in-state tuition. However, I worked part-time during college to help make ends meet (for like $8/hour) as my parents had a $0 contribution to my college tuition fund. But thank goodness for scholarships and grants and even federal student loans (which took me over 12 years after college to pay off still).

But anyway, "online running coaching" is certainly a job and can make one quite a bit of money. So is "social media influencing" (esp if you have a lot of followers on your accounts...like six figures). My YouTube channel alone is a fairly decent business income stream. But yeah, I'm certainly not "rich" or even close to the top 10 or 1% in the US financially like a lot of "pro athletes and influencers" in Colorado come from a lot of generational wealth it seems. The "trust-fund athletes" and those supported a ton financially by their parents (esp in their 20s and 30s) are a dime-a-dozen in expensive places like Boulder.

As far as my pulmonary embolism goes: Could it it have been from the vaccine? Certainly. Pretty rare still though and very unlucky for me if that was the case... And very hard to prove with certainty...so it would be irresponsible to broadcast that without more concrete evidence. Could it have been from real COVID or about a dozen other things? Certainly. Also rare, but not as rare. I'm science and numbers guy, and I know statistically that one is more likely to get blood clots from an actual covid infection. I'm not saying that that was what happened my case, but the truth is I don't know...and the doctors don't know for sure. Does that make the vaccine a net positive or a net negative for humanity and the world at large? Do the benefits outweigh the risks for the vast majority of people (regardless of my personal case as we all know from science data analysis that an "n=1" story is a crappy sample size)?

PS I didn't get a new car either....I've had the same 10+ year old Subaru for like the last 6 years....bought it used with over 100,000 miles on it....so stop spreading lies

My father told me that his top ligetime earning was $25k when he retired but he raised 3 children while my mother stayed home.

Mr. Canaday- quite impressive to arrive where you are at. One thing you mentioned - - but it takes focus and observation to successfully maintain a high older mileage car. I am in the midst of doing so myself and of course having no mechanical skill am quite proud of the maintenance and upkeep choices I have made through gleaning through user forums and the like. Followed a mechanic's advice on a user forum after much deliberation and the 3 grand I dropped makes the car run virtually new. Definitely not a habit of spoiled rich people, and much better than spending 70 thousand on a new replacement model, which while I could afford to do so, just makes no sense to me. My kids were spoiled like crazy but I am thankful they both pursue challenging careers and really have developed to contributing members of society. Comfort doesn't always equate to doing little.

"Air travel is known to double or triple the risk blood clots in the veins of the legs, called deep vein thrombosis, according to Parker.

And endurance exercise, such as marathon running, may also raise the number of blood molecules that aid clotting."

reuters.com

Air travel may help explain clots in marathoners

Lindsey Konkel

Marathon runners who travel by air to the race may end up with higher blood levels of molecules that have been linked to clots, a new study shows.

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Did Sage fly shortly before he got his blood clots? Altitude combined with running seems to increase the risk.

As a college student, I worked each summer for the police department at a very wealthy beach town in NJ. There were several residents in their late 20s or early 30s who I suspect were supported by their wealthy parents. They were always at the beach during the weekdays and their evenings were spent at the local watering holes. They all drove expensive new cars. One guy in particular was an avid runner and pretty competitive in the local running scene. Most mornings I saw him training on the boardwalk and his afternoons were spent sea kayaking or lounging on the beach. As a college student, it seemed like the ideal lifestyle, but now that I’m older and especially since I have kids I’m not so sure. As a parent I’d be embarrassed to have an adult child freeloading off me and I think as a child in that position it could feel very hollow after years of constant leisure. There’s a quote from one of the Vanderbilts about inherited wealth being a handicap to happiness as you have nothing to strive for and nothing to risk. Sounds about right to me.

I just love it when Sage puts random losers on the Internet in their place when they are libelous. Go Sage!

So turn the situation around, most of knew our parents could not afford to pay for anything, and if they did we were putting a huge burden on them. But what if your parents were so wealthy that buying you a house was like normal parents buying you dinner?

Ideally if someone comes from a super wealthy background they realize how lucky they are and they pursue something where they could do some good in the world. What's the point of becoming the CEO of some company if your family has more money than you, your kids, or grandkids could spend?

Other than Sage, try pretty much every full-time professional ultra-runner, especially those living in Boulder. Their parents don't necessarily foot all the bills, but helping with a downpayment and co-signing on a house? Absolutely.

I know a woman, her father is a successful surgeon and her family invested money in CVS.

By the time she was 18 she lived in a paid off high rise condo in the downtown proper area of a city that lives donuts with bacon on it and protesting the newest fad.

She attended college but never really got any degree. She inherited lots of money and has a now paid off townhouse in a nicer area of said city. She actually lives next door to a successful female runner who ran for a city based group that’s had lots of success.

She is well traveled, has lots of designer clothes and even a Pelaton. She tries to relate to working class people, but has no financial worries. Criticizes peoples careers and is so out of touch with reality.

Lots of actors come from very wealthy backgrounds. It's something fun and you get very famous, but it's very difficult in the beginning. It helps if you can move out to Hollywood and mom and dad will pay for everything until you make it.

I know who you speak of...:*}

I have noticed more than any other time in my life the lack of separation between adult children and their parents. The transition to independence from parents is being replaced by codependence with their parents.

If you are super wealthy what are you supposed to do, pretend that your kids have to "make it on their own"?

We all know that's a crock of $hite. You think someone who's got generational wealth is going to have their kids washing dishes at Applebee's? Doing split shifts at the local tire factory?

Also not wealthy, and mainly wondering why you care enough about what this guy does to post this #*+€€

Why do you care to post your response to this thread? Clearly you do care.

I know a lady, who lived in a CO ski town ... she has to be 60+ by now. As I understand it, she made a living by having a shop in Aspen or Vail that was funded by her family. Her mom never flew on a commercial airline, even first class, always private jet or charter. Anyhow, she lives the lifestyle by dating millionaire/billionaire type guys, otherwise, I don't think that she does any real work.

My uncle is one of those. He was an only child whose parents owned a very profitable machine shop. He spent time trying to do a start up in the early 90s in computers even made it to the front cover of Forbes but developed a losing technology. Ended up running a computer repair shop which was marginally profitable and was supported by his wife and parents. I didn’t notice he was rich as a kid, his house was large but not excessive: Zillow estimate is just under a million. He drove 10 year old minivans just like my family.

I know two people who never worked a day in their life, inherited the money. One was ok, but other was a snob.

I come from a old dying industrial town with a lot of fading turn of the 19th century wealth. Children of several prominent families I know have really, really nice trust funds. They attended lavish boarding schools and very expensive colleges. In terms of the ones that decided to maintain local roots for whatever reason, some seem to be happy and lead "normal" American lives with jobs and families, but a large percentage of them are absolutely miserable.

Despite financial security, they engage in antisocial behavior, excessive partying and drug and alcohol use, and live objectively miserable lonely existences. They've never held down "real" jobs. They can't maintain stable friendships or romantic interests.