I wonder what it would be like to have someone else take care of me.
We have all heard of people who’ve never had to worry about money, connections or support. People like the Trump children, the Kennedy Dynasty, the Royal Family and trust fund recipients from families like Heinz, Johnson & Johnson, and Rockefeller.
Wouldn’t it be great to have someone who:
- Paid the bills.
- Provided spending money.
- Paid for healthcare.
- Funded my education at expensive private schools.
- Paid for my house and its upkeep.
- Paid for my cars.
- Hooked me up with lucrative contracts, Executive positions and investments.
Lately, it struck me when I realized how many “normal” people I know who have been taken care of their entire lives too. By “normal” I mean low to middle class.
- My wife was taken care of by her physician father, then her first husband, then me. She had some years where she worked and struggled, but most of her life she did not have to work to earn money.
- The stay at home moms all over my neighborhood who take care of the kids but do not work (for money, at a job).
- The former stay-at-home mom’s who still don’t work long after their children have grown up and moved out.
- The occasional dead beat husband whose wife supports him.
- Several neighbors are adults my age who live with their parents and do not work.
- My friend’s wife is in her mid 30s and lived with parents through college, then got married and was taken care care of by her husband, divorced and moved back in with her parents, and then married him. She never held more than a 10 hour a week job.
I know of many young adults whose parents subsidize their lifestyles, even if they do not fully support them. Even my wife and I still assisted my stepson with medical and dental expenses, car repairs and the like when he was “independent” and well into his 30s.
I’m not saying being a kept man or woman is wrong. I think it would be fantastic to be free of financial pressure and not have to work. I love being retired at 53. I wonder what my life would be like if I had this level of autonomy and freedom when I was in my 20s.
It’s a world I can only imagine but would certainly be willing to try.