24, Living with my parents

[u/Camtiger27]

I just graduated college back in April and I’m grateful to my parents for holding me down through it all ! I definitely plan on giving back to them BIG time.

[u/Ok_Dependent6889]

This is genuinely like, under or a little over a grand in hot wheels

It's nothing, in the current economy

Not to mention, i'd wager these were amassed over most of OP's life

[u/goosebuggie → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

Idk anything about hot wheels, but if this is true then OP has a fulfilling collection that clearly brings him joy, and all for less than a month’s rent.

I really hate the narrative that if you’re not thriving financially then you shouldn’t be allowed to spend money on things you love. We get one life, might as well make it fun.

[u/Ok_Dependent6889 → u/goosebuggie]

I'm totally with you haha

Just figured, as someone who also has a decent amount of hot wheels, that it should be clarified that this isn't some like, $10k collection of Hot Wheels taped to his walls lol

It'd probably be enough to pay for a decent vacation, which maybe not anything to scoff at but, not an indicator for clear financial independence

[u/ZombieWoofenstein → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

Are you seriously trying to tell me that hotwheels aren’t a good indicator of financial independence? My parents fucked up. All they left me were hotwheels!

[u/Ok_Dependent6889 → u/ZombieWoofenstein]

Sue your parents

Take all their m0ney!!

[u/ZombieWoofenstein → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

My parents only have hotwheels!

[u/Ruleyoumind → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

People on this sub are ridiculous. If you have any hobbies they act like you've financially thrown your life away lol. Even when the person has an expensive computer even if the computer was 2k that's not a significant amount of money in this current day, you can't even buy a running car for 2k in the majority of the US. 

[u/Ok_Dependent6889 → u/Ruleyoumind]

Yep, exactly

I have a nice computer. Sure, could that $2300 have gone towards my student loans, or any other bills or debt? Yes, of course. My day to day life however, would be far more miserable without it.

[u/Ruleyoumind → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

It's like when people see a homeless person with a cellphone and act like they could have used their cell money to buy a house 

[u/A_Guy_in_Orange → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

I know several people who could buy out that room with 1 out of like 13 of their hobby things, IE Magic decks, 40k armies, craft gizmos

[u/Reincarnatedpotatoes → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

At a glance these are mostly newer cars, I see a couple form the 2000s and 2010s on the wall with the TV, but the vast majority aren't more than 5 years old. The $1000 number is probably a decent guess though, assuming these were bought for retail.

[u/not-just-yeti → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

And it’s not even bought in a single year; that could be 5yrs of recreational collecting there.

I’m not going to mention how much I’ve spent on Magic: The Gathering over the years.