Young man's reaction to first paycheck...

[mysteryowl]

Sorry Jo-Jo, it is a hard pill to take at first. You will get used to it.

[Marie Marie]

1. Aaaww, I feel for him. He was so excited. But yeah, he will get used to it.

[mysteryowl]

2. And his family did a good job explaining it to him.

When he is ready to hear it, they could also tell him how the taxes are used.

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

3. Welcome to real life.

[c-rational]

4. Quite amusing.

[dflprincess]

5. I have a vague memory of the shock one feels when they see that first paycheck.

Now I the only time I look at my gross income is when I do my taxes. For most the year I couldn't tell you what it is.

[cayugafalls]

6. This is why we discussed taxes with my son before he got his first job.

He was never surprised and he knew that because he was under 18, he still had a chance of getting some back.

It was still a nice setup, but easily avoided with real world life lessons.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. Thank you for posting that.

I'm only sorry someone hadn't told him before this that he had to pay taxes. At least his family is loving and kind about this.

Some years back I changed jobs (long story, the details aren't important) and took a huge cut in pay. I was honestly impressed at how much lower my taxes were, even though of course I was taking home a lot less money.

[Demovictory9]

8. Lol

[Jeebo]

9. Somebody needs to explain to him that he'll get that money someday.

He'll get it in the form of medical care, or Social Security, or in some other form. I'm glad they took that money out of my pay all those years; it's why I'm getting a pretty good income now in my retirement years.

-- Ron

[rurallib]

10. Almost exactly the reaction our youngest had with her first paycheck

She opened up the envelope and said "What happened to my check?" I said "We told you about taxes." She said "Why did they take so much???"