Here's the poser: A lady wrote an email to a radio show to seek the listeners' opinion on her concern. Her boyfriend of 3 years is as wonderful as boyfriends can get. Even after all these years, he still makes the effort to take her out to nice dinners, buy her gifts and flowers, take her on nice weekend getaways etc. He is 31 years old, has a stable job is financially stable and she can foresee herself spending the rest of her life with him. The trouble is, even though he is 31 and is financially independent, he still receives an allowance from his parents. She finds this odd and wants to know if this is a common practice among rich folks and what do the listeners' think.
Some called in to ask if the guy's parents would mind adopting a 40-something year old "son" *grinz* but most (including the guy radio show host) opine that the guy should "wear a saree and stay at home"... in other words a "wuss".
Waitaminute! Having extra dosh is considered "wussy"? Since when? So I called up the station to give my 2-sen worth.
Radio show host ("RSH"): Hello? What say you?
Me: Hello. Is this XYZ fm?
RSH: Yes, it is. Who's speaking please?
Me: This is Jasmine. I'd like to say that I think it's sweet that the parents are helping out their child.
RSH: But this "child" is already 30. He is not a "child" anymore!
Me: Well... to a parents, it doesn't matter if a "child" is 30, 10, 50 or 80. No matter how old you are, you are and always will be your parents' "child". And parents being parents, they naturally look out for their kids. It's nice to have extra cash. There can never be "too much money" and here you have someone giving you money. If it were me I'd just take the money and shut up..
RSH: *laughs* You've got a point there..
