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double bonus hax chat: child has been accepted at UVa (in-state tuition). child wants parents to pay for private college (full price)

Posted by charlie (aka chris) Apr 12 '13, 13:01

LIMITS TO SUPPORTING A CHILD'S COLLEGE EDUCATION

My child has been admitted to University of Virginia (in-state tuition) and many private universities that cost 3 times the price. Child wants private university "A" but we only qualify for loans as aid. I tell my child that he/she is now 18 and as an adult he/she can decide wherever he/she wants to go. But I am also an adult and refuse to pay more than UVA tuition. Child now believes I am the second coming of Satan himself. Am I?

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I was in this same situation back in the day, only in reverse. - Was Bar Was Apr 12, 13:34
stand your ground - kids thinking their parents are evil is not a new concept - they will get over it -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 13:16 10
- it's not like UVa is a community college either. i'd take that free ride in a second -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 13:18 9
  - It's not a free ride; they're paying in-state tuition. -- nm - mara Apr 12, 13:25 3
    - free to the kid (only) -- nm - zork Apr 12, 13:29
    - but they're paying -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 13:26 1
      - Oh, duh. -- nm - mara Apr 12, 13:31
  - ik, r? that's a good school! -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 13:19 4
    - if they were paying for it themselves, you bet your ass they would be taking the free ride. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 13:19 3
      - UVa is a damn good school too. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 13:21
      - this is what you tell that kid. It's either UVA or nothing. Deal with it -- nm - CQ Apr 12, 13:20 1
        
        Or the kid could get himself an assload of student loans!! Whoo! -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 13:22
count up all the crap the kid has spent money on in the past and add the thousands likely spent on phones and say that's where your tuition is. -- nm - zork Apr 12, 13:12
don't let an entitled brat try to guilt you out of anything more than what you're willing to pay. - Diva Apr 12, 13:11 4
- This reminds me: was there ever any fallout with the niece? -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 13:12 3
  - We got it together finally. - Diva Apr 12, 13:13 2
    - Good to hear. :) -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 13:17
    - :) -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 13:15
They needed to have talked about schools and tuition before this. -- nm - mara Apr 12, 13:11 2
- *ding*' -- nm - zork Apr 12, 13:14
- *ding* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 12, 13:14
Who the fuck ever said it's a parent's responsibility to pay for college at all? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado Apr 12, 13:07 10
- Very much this. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 13:29 5
  - i can understand if parents just can't afford to pay, but if i can afford it and my kid's earned their way in, i'm happy not to burden them with a - charlie Apr 12, 13:33 4
    - I feel/felt this way too - pay for a kids college brings along its own special problems. - Epiphany Apr 12, 13:45
    - I would do the same, but this kid sounds like he's being a shit about it. - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 13:42 2
      - this -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 13:53
      - kids are shits about the oddest things at the oddest times. - Epiphany Apr 12, 13:46
- Heh. - kelly Apr 12, 13:11
- well, they brought us into this world -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 13:09 2
  - 18. Fly the f- away now! -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 13:12 1
    - *checks the batteries in spawn's sarcasm meter* -- nm - zork Apr 12, 13:14
Kid needs a whupping. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 12, 13:04 1
- Not understanding "beggars can't be choosers", that's a paddlin'. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 13:31
Disown and disinherit. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 13:03
Stand your ground. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 13:03

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