[dpb23]

(Original post by a.partridge)
ahh memories of private school

he didnt mention anything about a soggy biscuit?

[RubyShoes]

Yup, my dad has always been very upfront about it so that we would never worry about them paying bills/our school fees.

He's been retired for the last 7 years, but i still know exactly how much he sold his company shares for, how much his state and private pension is, how much my mum earns and how much they will give me to buy a flat.

i hope to bring up my kids in the same way - i think everyone always aims to earn more than their parents.

[vickie89]

no idea. my mums a teacher so shes not on fantastic money and my dads a structural engineer, he does inspections on big companys, no idea how much it is that he earns though. i have never really felt a need to know tbh and theyve never needed to tell me,as i get a bursary rather than a student loan so didnt even need to know for uni purposes. though if i asked they would probably tell me, i just dont feel its any of my business really.
though its always been thought that he earns more than she does as he's mentioned it on a few occasions that there is an assuption there from my mum, though this is often mentioned when he's had a few to drink so i tend to ignore it (think there has always been some assumption he is a bit better off than she is as he spends a bit more on us for birthdays and has helped both me and my sister out a lot with money and getting us set up in our houses when weve moved out). neither my mums household or my dads household is fantastically well off though, just comfortable, and we never had a massive amount of money growing up so i know they dont earn a fortune, just enough to get by.

[Astronomical]

Vaguely, I think! I know my Dad is the main earner, in any case.

[kopite493]

(Original post by hassi94)
Yes. Have done since I was like 12; my parents try to treat me like an adult and give me answers if I ask questions

this

this is also how all kids should be raised

it did however get me in a lot of trouble with teacher who insisted on talking down at me even in sixth form though by that point id just yell back

[myuranking]

Everything is on a need to know basis in my household. My mum earns next to nothing so it is all good for student finance

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my LT26i

[cambio wechsel]

(Original post by dpb23)
This isn't the 1930s....My parents are retired so earn £4/week (each) as a state pension.

Dear god, but you have to wish it were the 1930s.

[cambio wechsel]

I can understand people's saying that they've never talked about it or that their parents are resistant to giving hard figures, but I'm bemused by the people who say they "have no idea" about their parents' income bracket. The clues, surely, are there. Unless you imagine that your parents are salting away some very large proportion of their income, the broad sense of it is reflected in the family's lifestyle.

[SoNottingH]

(Original post by a.partridge)
ahh memories of private school

Does it only happen at private school then? Do state school people not talk about it?

[kat91s]

I have no idea what they earn. I asked when I was much younger, but wasn't allowed to know.

I'm sure they would tell me now if I asked, but I'm not on student finance so it has no revelance to me, and I don't want to know.

I noticed a big difference in our lifestyle when my mum got the job she has now. Before that, they were really tight with their spending and didn't buy much for me and my sister, but now we are more comfortable.

[Rascacielos]

I found out through student finance, although I had a decent idea before then anyway.

[SoNottingH]

(Original post by kat91s)
I have no idea what they earn. I asked when I was much younger, but wasn't allowed to know.

I'm sure they would tell me now if I asked, but I'm not on student finance so it has no revelance to me, and I don't want to know.

I noticed a big difference in our lifestyle when my mum got the job she has now. Before that, they were really tight with their spending and didn't buy much for me and my sister, but now we are more comfortable.

It says "Japan" on your post, are you Japanese?

[Rascacielos]

(Original post by vickie89)
no idea. my mums a teacher so shes not on fantastic money and my dads a structural engineer, he does inspections on big companys, no idea how much it is that he earns though. i have never really felt a need to know tbh and theyve never needed to tell me,as i get a bursary rather than a student loan so didnt even need to know for uni purposes. though if i asked they would probably tell me, i just dont feel its any of my business really.
though its always been thought that he earns more than she does as he's mentioned it on a few occasions that there is an assuption there from my mum, though this is often mentioned when he's had a few to drink so i tend to ignore it (think there has always been some assumption he is a bit better off than she is as he spends a bit more on us for birthdays and has helped both me and my sister out a lot with money and getting us set up in our houses when weve moved out). neither my mums household or my dads household is fantastically well off though, just comfortable, and we never had a massive amount of money growing up so i know they dont earn a fortune, just enough to get by.

Teachers earn pretty good wages! My Mum's a teaching assistant and I don't consider us to be bad off!

[xoxAngel_Kxox]

I know how much my Mum earns but not my Dad anymore as he's changed his job- although I found out how much he earned a few years back because of student finance. He is a very private person and wouldn't have told me if he could have helped it. Yet, yesterday morning when I told him I'd just got a job he asked me how much it paid!

[LETSJaM]

I know it has a few noughts in it, but i'm not really sure what my dad earns. I could probably find out but CBA.

<3 x

[kat91s]

(Original post by SoNottingH)
It says "Japan" on your post, are you Japanese?

No, I'm studying in Japan.

[SoNottingH]

(Original post by kat91s)
No, I'm studying in Japan.

That sounds interesting, are you at University? Did you have to learn Japanese recently, it's quite a challenging language isn't it?

[kat91s]

(Original post by SoNottingH)
That sounds interesting, are you at University? Did you have to learn Japanese recently, it's quite a challenging language isn't it?

Yes, I am.

I've been learning Japanese for 6 years. It's not as challenging as people think, although you do have to work hard. I'm picking it up immensely quickly now that I live here.

[ForeverFitzwilliam]

I vaguely do. But its an odd question, because it varies. My Mother used to get a certain amount a year being a doctor. But with my father it varied, as he was an architect and was given different amounts depending on the project. Now, they're both retired but Mum was a professor for a while, and is still given money from that. They both also help run our grandparents business. So...i could estimate but its likely WAY higher/lower.

[SoNottingH]

(Original post by ForeverFitzwilliam)
I vaguely do. But its an odd question, because it varies. My Mother used to get a certain amount a year being a doctor. But with my father it varied, as he was an architect and was given different amounts depending on the project. Now, they're both retired but Mum was a professor for a while, and is still given money from that. They both also help run our grandparents business. So...i could estimate but its likely WAY higher/lower.

Demand an accounting. Get them round a table and bang their heads together, they should tell you.