What are your unpopular opinions? (Vol. 2)

[Strangely Brown]

e-honda said:

What are the more entitled generations?

Younger people that think the world owes them a living as opposed to older people that understand you work for what you want.

Unpopular enough?

[Countdown]

Strangely Brown said:

Countdown said:

... far too often the family appears to be more concerned about their inheritance rather than their parents.

Another unpopular opinion: there is no right to any inheritance. It's not your money until you are actually given it. If your parents want to bugger off around the world and piss it all up the wall then that is their business, not yours. I have noticed several people I know planning their future based on an assumption that they will inherit a large amount. It seems to be increasingly prevalent as the more entitled generations come through.

Is that the same generation that wants the LA to pay for their parents Care Homes?

One of the problems with the “entitled generations” is a lack of self awareness.

[Nethybridge]

Strangely Brown said:

Another unpopular opinion: there is no right to any inheritance. It's not your money until you are actually given it. If your parents want to bugger off around the world and piss it all up the wall then that is their business, not yours. I have noticed several people I know planning their future based on an assumption that they will inherit a large amount. It seems to be increasingly prevalent as the more entitled generations come through.

UK Law doesn't agree, you must make "reasonable financial provision" for your adult children, your kids are entitled to a claim even if you leave the grabbing little toads hee haw in your will

[e-honda]

Strangely Brown said:

Younger people that think the world owes them a living as opposed to older people that understand you work for what you want.

Unpopular enough?

Bigoted and uninformed opinions tend to be

[nickfrog]

Strangely Brown said:

e-honda said:

What are the more entitled generations?

Younger people that think the world owes them a living as opposed to older people that understand you work for what you want.

Unpopular enough?

I don't know but that's a very old opinion. It has been going on for many generations and is unlikely to stop.

[djc206]

Countdown said:

I don't know why this is an unpopular opinion but it seems to be......

People's assets should be used to fund their own care home costs. they shouldn't expect the State to pay just to enable them to leave an inheritance for their kids.

Amen

[Forester1965]

Feels like an odd world where we don't question paying healthcare costs (including prescriptions) for fatties who end up with type 2 but we begrudge paying to look after people whose brains turn to mush through no fault of their own. C'est la vie.

[paulguitar]

Countdown said:

I don't know why this is an unpopular opinion but it seems to be......

People's assets should be used to fund their own care home costs. they shouldn't expect the State to pay just to enable them to leave an inheritance for their kids.

I thought that is what happens? Doesn’t the family home usually get sold to pay for care costs?

[Antony Moxey]

paulguitar said:

Countdown said:

I don't know why this is an unpopular opinion but it seems to be......

People's assets should be used to fund their own care home costs. they shouldn't expect the State to pay just to enable them to leave an inheritance for their kids.

I thought that is what happens? Doesn’t the family home usually get sold to pay for care costs?

Depends I think. I thought that if whatever assets you have are signed over more than seven years before you go into care then the asset can’t be used to pay for that care. Could be a load of nonsense though.

[Nethybridge]

Antony Moxey said:

Depends I think. I thought that if whatever assets you have are signed over more than seven years before you go into care then the asset can’t be used to pay for that care. Could be a load of nonsense though.

Just the rampant communist unfairness that people
who have strived to own a house and deftly
accrued savings have them siezed to
pay for future care, while people
who have saved nothing,
or own nothing, get the exact same care for fk all.

[ that poem needs a bit of work I know ]

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Strangely Brown said:

Another unpopular opinion: there is no right to any inheritance. It's not your money until you are actually given it. If your parents want to bugger off around the world and piss it all up the wall then that is their business, not yours. I have noticed several people I know planning their future based on an assumption that they will inherit a large amount. It seems to be increasingly prevalent as the more entitled generations come through.

In my experience, that's not true. I'm 61, so of the age where I, and many of my friends, have either lost or will soon be losing their last surviving parent. Everyone I know has encouraged their parent(s) to enjoy their money, go on cruises, do whatever. But to no avail. The parents are from a generation of frugality and leaving money to their kids is important to them. So yes, many friends are talking about their plans when they inherit mum's house, but only because they can't do anything to stop it.

[finlo]

The only way to quell the flood of migrant boat people is with aerial strafing.

[NRG1976]

djc206 said:

Countdown said:

I don't know why this is an unpopular opinion but it seems to be......

People's assets should be used to fund their own care home costs. they shouldn't expect the State to pay just to enable them to leave an inheritance for their kids.

Amen

That is what happens though, you seem to have misunderstood how the system works.

Anyhow I don’t think it’s right that people / couples who do they right thing get penalised, whereas the chav who didn’t do a days work in life gets the same care for no cost.

[valiant]

People are too quick to send their oldies away to care homes.

People should be looking after their oldies at home whether that’s in their own home or moving in with mum. Many cultures take the responsibility to care for their elderly within the family circle whereas the British way is to cart them off to a home, forget about them and then complain about the fees and subsequent lack of inheritance.

[oceanview]

valiant said:

People are too quick to send their oldies away to care homes.

People should be looking after their oldies at home whether that’s in their own home or moving in with mum. Many cultures take the responsibility to care for their elderly within the family circle whereas the British way is to cart them off to a home, forget about them and then complain about the fees and subsequent lack of inheritance.

Yep, totally agree with that.

[Mr Tidy]

Nethybridge said:

Just the rampant communist unfairness that people
who have strived to own a house and deftly
accrued savings have them siezed to
pay for future care, while people
who have saved nothing,
or own nothing, get the exact same care for fk all.

[ that poem needs a bit of work I know ]

Maybe, but it's so true.

[DodgyGeezer]

oceanview said:

valiant said:

People are too quick to send their oldies away to care homes.

People should be looking after their oldies at home whether that’s in their own home or moving in with mum. Many cultures take the responsibility to care for their elderly within the family circle whereas the British way is to cart them off to a home, forget about them and then complain about the fees and subsequent lack of inheritance.

Yep, totally agree with that.

You make sound so easy - tragically it's not

[LunarOne]

oceanview said:

valiant said:

People are too quick to send their oldies away to care homes.

People should be looking after their oldies at home whether that’s in their own home or moving in with mum. Many cultures take the responsibility to care for their elderly within the family circle whereas the British way is to cart them off to a home, forget about them and then complain about the fees and subsequent lack of inheritance.

Yep, totally agree with that.

Not all of us are sending our parents off. I had mum living with me for the last 10 years of her life, and I gave up full time work in 2019 to look after her full time, doing a bit of freelance work from home to try to mitigate the effect on my savings. I was headhunted by a company in 2021 and I told them I wanted the job but couldn't take it as mum was in her final few months or weeks - I didn't know. They agreed to wait as long as necessary, and in the end I started in July 2022, a few months after mum died. No matter how much it cost me financially, I will never regret making her my priority. I appreciate that not everyone has the ability to do that.

[Abbott]

anonymoususer said:

President Merkin said:

Eurovision is petty political blood letting set to truly terrible music. No one remembers the songs even a day later with the sole exception of ABBA & maybe that British one where their clothes fell off.

I was thinking of posting something similar but I was trying to make my mind up

ISWYDT

[Randy Winkman]

DodgyGeezer said:

oceanview said:

valiant said:

People are too quick to send their oldies away to care homes.

People should be looking after their oldies at home whether that’s in their own home or moving in with mum. Many cultures take the responsibility to care for their elderly within the family circle whereas the British way is to cart them off to a home, forget about them and then complain about the fees and subsequent lack of inheritance.

Yep, totally agree with that.

You make sound so easy - tragically it's not

I agree - it often isn't and I have experience of it. But I still agree with the basic point being made. Across the world, families usually stick together so different generations can help each other out. But not so much in some other places like the UK.