Yup, you read correctly, they gave me $500K, 250K from each side

I think it's your energy tbh, I've spent enough time around you over the years before you were married / a few times since then -- you're super well rounded, open minded, you know what the secret to happiness is in a lot of ways and you're very positive and upbeat, always got a little plan for something to do or a way to solve things. You really appreciate things whether they're big or small and show it.

That kind of stuff and the energy around it is infectious to others, I know your kid must pick up on that and he's growing up as a can do person not a woe is me/why me person.

Woah the two 68s are friends??? Is that why you're both 68...

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I was going to say, a good leader isn’t a dictator. Lol.

I think this was Fall 2002 (based on folder name and orange leaves on trees):

https://i.imgur.com/GfT8oJD.jpg

They split from the same cell :lol

I see the extracurricular activities merely as an introduction to try something new, see how they like it, and get them into having hobbies and interest in sports, so I am not super concerned about how well they can do in them.

The single exception is swimming because I see it as a life skill / life saving skill. If you can't swim, there is a shxtload of stuff you can't do. Even just going to the waterpark to play might be somewhat risky.

So far, except for drawing class, I think my kid sucks at everything we put him into. FailFish And he is only 1/2 decent in drawing class because he is somehow interested in it.

Normally, my theory is -- if an activity is something you like, you'll do better at it. And conversely, if you are good at something, there is a much higher chance that you'll enjoy it too. But of course, this would not apply if the parents are super strict about the activity, and keeps drilling the kid to perform at an ever higher performance level to the point where it takes the fun out even though the kid is already very good in it.

^ I think most young parents our age has the same mentality; we don't really need our kids to perform at a good level for anything... its not like they will be earning a living from these activities, its more to help them with patience, discipline, working as a team to achieve a goal, working towards a goal, practice makes perfect etc etc...

Having said that and to answer Gerbs question

Swimming - I used to a hold a Bronze Cross lifeguard medallion (now expired), parents also saw it as a life skill, and yes it did help me get super "high-paying" easy summer jobs while I was younger

Piano - I am grade 6 myself, didn't go all the way because I hated piano as a child (but that changed in High School cuz I realized I can show off to girls LOL), the Grade 6 was pain and sweat from Shanghai, we didn't continue once we got here in Canada because we were in no financial position to put me thru Piano here, though now My mom is like I should finish Grade 10 + ARCT, because she sees it as a failure of me hahaha.

Volleyball - My wife was on her high school team, got silver 2 years in a row at her home city.

Painting though - both me + wife cant draw for shit... so LOL... daughter already draws leagues and bounds better than what I can do in try hard mode so there hahaha.

We didn't really force our kids to our own hobbies, but like someone said earlier, I guess the atmosphere at home just somewhat gravitated to these activities.

One other benefit for kinda knowing what you are doing is if you can tell if your child is just BSing thru "practice" or not doing "the correct techniques" etc etc, also understanding what the teacher/instructor are telling your kids, so you can reinforce them to your kids during practice

^This is basically it. It's more for the rounded experience than actually expecting him to become some star Soccer player or musician.

Like I come from a pretty Soccer nut family. Dad played semi-pro in Europe in his 20's, then played beer league over here until about 15 years ago when he sustained some major back injuries at work. Now he referees on weekends.

My sister played BC premier league until her late teens, when she suffered a knee injury that took her out. After that she coached at TSS in Richmond for a number of years (she coached some of the girls on team Canada that won olympic gold in Tokyo). She's done with all that now though.

I played BC Premier League up until high school, then really didn't care for it anymore and stopped. I did some refereeing as well, was at what is now considered grade 7 (Refereeing over 60's games when I was 18 lol)

I can already see from the way my kid is playing, that he doesn't have that sort of inherent skill to go far in Soccer though (you can already start seeing who the star players are going to be at this age) lol. But he doesn't mind doing it for now so we'll keep him going..

Do you guys expect your kids to like cars and dump all their money into it rather than invest in real estate? :troll: (half trolling)

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Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah "bottom 5% of rs"

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yeeeeeeeeaaah everything has doubled in price since 2010, "bottom 5% of rs" yeeeeeeeah.....

More like top 0.1% of people globally, probably top 5% in Vancouver, and top 10% of rs

Bottom of 5% of Revscene.
Buys a Rolex. :lol

Rest of world: Still on the "waiting list" for a Rolex

I choose you RS!!!

RS savagely attacks dark0821

Dark0821 faints

Gerbs you want a clear example of selection bias this thread is a throbbing example of one.

Fuck me if I got a 500k downpayment in 2010 I'd probably be semi retired right now and I haven't hit 40.

come on guys, everyone (or family) is clearing 250K+ and I am here showing off my dick cuz I scratched 100K as family income lolol

I mean I have never owned a M, AMG, RS product.....that has to be the bottom 5% of RS right?

All jokes aside, I am actually genuinely happy that everyone is doing well. In a way, I feel proud that somehow, I proved my mom wrong. My mom always said that "automotive is a bad hobby", I was hanging out with the "wrong people" in her eyes.

Now I tell my mom (don't think she will ever admit it though) that truth have shown that people who like cars can also be very successful. Everyone I know has moved into 6 figure cars... and they are my aspirations to better myself so I can be in that position one day and splurge on a 6-figure car...

Both my kids are into cars, just because I wouldn't shut up about them. Even my wife who before meeting me could care less about cars will now send me photos of STi and EVOs etc etc hahaha I made her watch Initial D (just another excuse so I can re-watch it) but she ended up really liking it. And she puts up with me watching F1 at 2am in the living room with sound blasting... soooo yea....

Yes, very lucky. The only reason I have a good life is because I got great Asian parents and inlaws... hindsight is 20/20 Yea... if only I spent 500K on bitcoins LOL... imagine I will be doing a bit better than retirement lolol

People just trolling for lawls bro. Everyone here is genuinely happy for you and we are all proud you’re able to pull yourself out of a print shop and make over 100k selling cars. Doing something you really love.

Kudos man

I have seen the classic "everyone on rs is balling" comment on these forums for many years

It's time we settle this

The only poll website I found that does not require an account, one vote per IP, guest made, unfortunately the "results after end date" function does not work.
Use at your own discretion.

What's your NET worth, if you sold everything you have today and had 0 debt.
Cars, real estate, stonks, etc.
Minus realtor fees, taxes, commissions, etc.
If you have a wife, your final number gets cut in half since technically she owns half. Or for those of you lucky bastards that married a rich one, maybe multiple your number by 2x lol....

https://strawpoll.com/e7ZJGK7aLy3

InB4 results are rigged with false votes lol

It’s not letting me vote saying VPN users not allowed.. not on a vpn lol

Categories are 20-30, 30-40, 40-50? Anyone who's 30 or 40 or 50 years old falls into two categories.

a 1 million+ category? Too much variation between someone with 1,000,001 or 5 Million

Wtf is this shit? I thought RS minimum should be 1m :fuckthatshit:

This isn't scientific research, it's a generic poll, if you want to go into details, add kids, what city you are in, what you do for work, did you inherit 500k :troll:, etc

If you have over a million, you have activated Balling Hard status

Should have added in a "RS members parents 10m+" category :troll:

But I dont get it……

My broke ass idiot parents who are on cpp oas gis are a million plus for net assets cuz their horseshit apartment assessment is already 950k. They have like 20-30k in the bank and they lousy 400h I thought them.

And they are living off the government tit.

Categories need to be adjusted Mr donk

I wonder if Hehe's dad and his crazy rich friends are on some kind of forum too, talking money struggles just like us peasants.

"Can't buy an island this year, gotta keep renting for now. Spent this year's bonus on the Honda ...Jet."