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An expert in coloring outside the lines while reading between them, Alex B has a head for business, bod for sin, and weakness for ice cream during all seasons. Apart from watching Bravo marathons and enjoying haute bites here and there, she writes about TV, pop culture, and coloring outside even more lines. She sneaks Tweets via @lexistential.
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personal site: lexistential
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cutting the financial umbilical cord
getting money from mom and dad as a grownup
6.11.12
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At the moment, my bank account balance is low. Depleted from this month's rent and an obnoxious cable charge I plan to cut in favor of Hulu (take THAT, Time Warner), the remainder is an amount that would pay for a great night in the Third World, or comfortably support a Jane Austen character for a year.
In New York, it's an amount I pray to stretch like taffy till my next pay period.
Luckily, I'm not totally alone. Thankfully, my parents provide a small amount of regular support for me in the course of a month- a gift card for groceries, or extra cash varying between fifty to eighty dollars. Though I'm relieved to have the additional money and am not expected to repay it, I can't help feeling guilty.
After all, I'm close to thirty-seven (ugh). Apart from expecting myself to be wiser than I was under my parents' roof, I believe I should be financially independent. At what point is it no longer appropriate (or simply just wrong) ...
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