Your Parents, Success or Failure. Options

[Consynx]

Be as harsh as you want...their your own rents.
but im curious, how many of your parents are loaded, how many are broke as sh*t...and just all that jazz...

That's all..

[mmerical]

Well, my story should fit in pretty well with some of the other stories. My father was a stockbroker and my mom was a lawyer. Father went to jail in 1984 for investing clients money in accounts they didnt agree to invest in. Parents divorced a year later, after my father had spent almost $500k of our families assets. Mother worked as a lawyer for a few more years, then worked at a private practice firm as a partner. Sold her stake there and worked as the state director for the dept. of health and human resources for two years(she was in charge of the child support agency) and now she is an administrative law judge. Father is somewhere in Florida I believe but he isnt a good man and I do my best to stay out of contact with him. Mother remarried in '90 and my stepfather works for the state dept. of education evaluating common market programs at state colleges and universities. He just received his doctorate and does pretty well. Parents are well off but my mother to this day drives a toyota corolla. She is very frugal with her money and doesnt extend herself. She always says that she would rather be able to have money saved in case something happens versus driving an expensive car. I was never spoiled as a child and the biggest gift I ever received was my old celica(the chameleon one) for my 16th birthday(it was stock then). My mother is definately my role model in life as she is 52 now, still a judge, is on the board at our local credit union and is the president of our local YMCA as well. On top of that she plays tennis 6 days a week and can still outrun me in a sprint(im 24 and went to college on a partial soccer scholarship, im not too slow). I have three brothers within 5 years of me(oldest is 25, im 24, then 23 and 20). I am in the military to pay for my education and im finishing my degree in Engineering before applying to law school. Overall im very happy with my parents(or at least my mother). When I was younger I wished she would spend more money or buy me things but in hindsight I wouldnt have it any other way.

matt