She got some pretty mixed responses.
A woman sparked a huge online debate after asking for advice when her rich parents wouldn’t help her buy a home.
The Mumsnet user fumed that her parents – who, she says, are splashing the cash on themselves while she and her parents are struggling.
She explained that her parents are “quite wealthy”, have a large portage-free home and take a number of fancy holidays a year.
And when they recently came into “a large sum of money”, the pair decided to spend it on themselves and redecorate their home instead of using it to help their daughters.
She wrote:
“My parents are quite wealthy; they have a large house with no mortgage, fancy holidays a few times a year, spend loads on clothes and meals and cars and socialising. My dad works but Mother doesn’t.
“Recently they came into a large sum of money and are busy spending it on new furniture, redecorating, cars etc.
“I have two sisters and we are all in our twenties. Our parents have never given any of us any money. I bought a house two years ago and saved for years, my parents contributed by buying me a kettle.
“I’m currently trying to sell the house and I’m going to be few thousand short for a deposit on new house. I’m struggling hard to save this and my parents know. In the meantime they’ve just bought another new car and are going abroad next week. They always expect expensive gifts at Christmas etc.
“AIBU to be starting to resent them for this?”
The overall response from the commenters was pretty mixed. Some people thought that the parents should lend their daughter a hand, while others thought she should just move on.
One commenter said that she shouldn’t have gone “for a house you don’t have the funds to afford”, and the woman was quick to reply.
