Why Is It Acceptable To Highlight The Cost Of My Kid's School?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It really is no one else's business OP. Seems like there are a lot of cows on DCUM who have no manners. Raised in a barn, I suppose.

As mentioned, we all know the price of the schools;no one asked her how much she is paying.
"Wow, that's expensive" is just an excited utterance. I'd cut them some slack since it's a 100% true statement, and really all that controversial among the people I know.

It's an "excited utterance" that's rude. Adults should have better filters than that.

Maybe it's just OP and me, but growing up I was taught that it's impolite to comment on the costs of things.

Do you also think it's OK to ask OP in four years' time what her DC's starting salary will be, when she mentions her new college graduate got a job?

Wow. Those are entirely different questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It really is no one else's business OP. Seems like there are a lot of cows on DCUM who have no manners. Raised in a barn, I suppose.

If it is no one else's business, please refrain from talking about where your children are going to college. Parents like OP essentially wants to brag about where their kid is going to school but not be subject to comments. If you flaunt your wealth, you are going to get pushback and comments.

Trashy behavior attracts trashy comments.

[Anonymous]

Most of the non-selective private colleges are scammy in that MSRP sticker price isn't paid by anyone. Most of them are as cheap as a public flagship at the end of the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really is no one else's business OP. Seems like there are a lot of cows on DCUM who have no manners. Raised in a barn, I suppose.

If it is no one else's business, please refrain from talking about where your children are going to college. Parents like OP essentially wants to brag about where their kid is going to school but not be subject to comments. If you flaunt your wealth, you are going to get pushback and comments.

Trashy behavior attracts trashy comments.

Reading comprehension would help here, PP. OP said people ask her where her child is going to college in the fall. Answering this question is not bragging or flaunting your wealth. You sound bitter and jealous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really is no one else's business OP. Seems like there are a lot of cows on DCUM who have no manners. Raised in a barn, I suppose.

If it is no one else's business, please refrain from talking about where your children are going to college. Parents like OP essentially wants to brag about where their kid is going to school but not be subject to comments. If you flaunt your wealth, you are going to get pushback and comments.

Trashy behavior attracts trashy comments.

OP here. I was asked where DD was going to college. I didn't flaunt it. STFU.

[Anonymous]

Talking about where your teen is going to college is simply the small talk people make about kids that age. No judgments need to be applied. Whether you say your child is training to be an electrician or is going to Harvard, it's all good.

And as for the expensiveness comment, people generally complain about the expense of college in the way they complain about the weather. I personally don't comment on other peoples' expenditures, but college costs are insane, so why shouldn't people mention them? A year at my college now costs more than what the average person makes in a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Talking about where your teen is going to college is simply the small talk people make about kids that age. No judgments need to be applied. Whether you say your child is training to be an electrician or is going to Harvard, it's all good.

And as for the expensiveness comment, people generally complain about the expense of college in the way they complain about the weather. I personally don't comment on other peoples' expenditures, but college costs are insane, so why shouldn't people mention them? A year at my college now costs more than what the average person makes in a year.

Precisely. Or, as someone else pointed out a few pages back, a year at many colleges is now the price of two new cars paid for in cash EACH YEAR! It is an excited utterance. Take it for what it is worth and then let it go!

[Anonymous]

The top 10 are expensive.
The next 10 below that are as expensive
The next 10 down after that are expensive
College is expensive.
Top 10 USNWR doesn't have the market cornered on this unpleasant phenomenon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really is no one else's business OP. Seems like there are a lot of cows on DCUM who have no manners. Raised in a barn, I suppose.

If it is no one else's business, please refrain from talking about where your children are going to college. Parents like OP essentially wants to brag about where their kid is going to school but not be subject to comments. If you flaunt your wealth, you are going to get pushback and comments.

Trashy behavior attracts trashy comments.

OP here. I was asked where DD was going to college. I didn't flaunt it. STFU.

Lol. Low class for sure.