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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have anyone to talk with.

My ex-husband and I are trying to figure out what to do with regard to my son's college.  DC child support continues until age 21 thank goodness.  So I intended on using the child support to help pay for the first 2 years of college (it is a private college that costs $70k a year).  That of course means we are both contributing to my son's college -- I don't look at it like only I am paying.  That's why they have the support order until age 21.

When my son turns 21, he will be just starting his junior year of college.  From then on, I had proposed we split his college expenses based on our incomes.

All that is fine.  But now his father is saying that should also apply for graduate school -- that he won't agree to pay for college (about 55%, since that is his share of our income) for junior or senior year unless I agree to pay 45% of college and graduate school.

My son wants to go to med school, and frankly, I cannot afford it.  I literally only have about 2 times my gross income in retirement savings and I am 52.  I absolutely need to save for retirement when college spending finishes.

My son's dad has enough to pay for college and graduate school alone.  I understand it is not fair to think he should absorb that alone.  But for my part, I simply think that whatever I do for graduate school needs to be a loan to my son.  I cannot pay for graduate school without sacrificing my own retirement security.

Does that sound reasonable to you?  
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