Bills, Bills, Bills

So I'm talking with the other interns, and one of them says that she felt bad yesterday because she was too embarrassed to return something to Best Buy that she'd just bought, so she went to Target and spent like $200. First, I'm like, "Why couldn't you just wait till tomorrow or go to another store?" "I was going to, but I got lost." "You have a GPS system in your car. How did you get lost?" "I don't know, it just said destination reached, but I couldn't see how to get to it." *blank stare* I'm thinking, are you sure you made the dean's list at your school? I just let that one go, because she says some ditzy stuff sometimes. So then I asked,"No really, how much did you spend?" "My total came to 193 and change." *side eye* $200? Really? I mean, I love Target just as much as the next girl, and retail therapy is real, but to just go and drop that much because you couldn't find another store is ridiculous. And stupid. We don't get paid enough to be ballin like that. So we start asking her about what she has to pay and come to find out she doesn't have to pay for ANYTHING. Her parents pay her rent, utilities, tuition, and clothes (as long as they're "school-related," which means that they pay for everything). She basically only pays for her alcohol and $40 sushi dinners. Her parents want her to invest her money and start a retirement fund, and not have to worry about paying bills. But what good is building a nest egg if you won't have a nest to put it in when you turn 65? I'm not hatin cause her parents pay for stuff, because my parents are willing to pay for a lot. But if you're gonna take care of everything, at least teach them how to manage some kind of money, or you will be visiting your children in the poorhouse.