What thing did your parents say to you when you were younger that you didn't believe but now completely understand that they were right?

Hades · Monday at 10:09

Scort said:
"School is the best years of your life" or something along those lines

So true. I hated school. It was awful. Then everything went downhill from there.

I kill Bunnies · Monday at 13:56

Pensions - put as much in you can as early as you can.

Wish I started earlier than age 24...

arknor · Monday at 13:57

"if you can sum up something in a few lines, then don't write a wall of text"

andybird123 · Monday at 14:56

I kill Bunnies said:
Pensions - put as much in you can as early as you can.

Wish I started earlier than age 24...

watching my dad lose half the value of his pension pot to mismanagement plus the way the government keeps dicking about with pension rules I actually learned the opposite and I put 20k in my isa every year instead - you can still buy an annuity later in life

Mason- · Monday at 15:10

Life isn’t fair.

BeeP · Monday at 15:18

If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all.

I grew up to be quite quiet.

dirtychinchilla · Monday at 15:27

Shoza said:
My dad always said “make sure you always buy good shoes and a good bed ‘cause if you’re not in on you’re in ‘tuther”

votenamechange Shoeza

Stu999 · Monday at 17:24

Hades said:
So true. I hated school. It was awful. Then everything went downhill from there.

So they were the best years of your life?

I kill Bunnies · Monday at 18:58

andybird123 said:
watching my dad lose half the value of his pension pot to mismanagement plus the way the government keeps dicking about with pension rules I actually learned the opposite and I put 20k in my isa every year instead - you can still buy an annuity later in life

The proper answer here kids, is to invest significantly in both pensions and ISAs.

[FnG]magnolia · Monday at 19:01

Not from my parents but from Ms Dimock, my Primary 5 teacher.

"Overuse of punctuation is the sign of a weak and lazy mind."

I visibly shift in my seat now when reading an email with more than one exclamation point.

andybird123 · Monday at 21:34

I kill Bunnies said:
The proper answer here kids, is to invest significantly in both pensions and ISAs.

it depends on your circumstances, I retired at 35 so haven't had taxable income that I could sacrifice to save income tax by putting it in a pension, so pension contributions would have gained me nothing any way, I can still buy an annuity when I'm 65 if I really want to (but unlikely as my assets will still be generating me more than what an annuity of the same value would)

tangey · Tuesday at 17:15

"show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are"

fez · Tuesday at 17:25

"If anyone asks you for advice on the internet, please don't paste Baz Luhrman in, it makes you look like an idiot"

ivrytwr3 · Tuesday at 19:00

MookJong said:
My parents are lovely, but the OP post feels like some kind of Hollywood cliché to me and I cannot relate.

I grew up in Northern England in the 80s, maybe that's it.

North East in the 70's