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[quote=Anonymous]No way!!! Nope!

This was my brother. Super smart, admitted to UCLA and other selective schools. Stopped out because he couldn't decide on his major junior year and took a job in a factory that paid "well" (in his 19-yr-old male mind) and is about to turn 51. No degree, of course.

My parents did exactly what your DH is suggesting and it was a freaking nightmare. He didn't move out of their house till he was almost 40. Sure, he had a ton of money saved because he lived rent free that entire time, even if he only earned factory level wages.

You probably can't force him to get his butt back in school with DH being united with you, but you definitely need to charge him rent and make him cover the basics of any non-college attending high school graduate who is over the age of 18: cell phone, car, gas, car insurance, and contribute toward groceries. He also needs to take on responsibility for paying for at least one utility or maybe being in charge of lawn care completely. The money a teen can earn these days is enough to give them a sense of being flush even though it isn't enough to cover living expenses given the increased cost of living.

The only way I would just leave things as they are is if he is saving 9/10ths of what he earns toward his future tuition money, in an account that you control. And that's really only if he was taking out loans or you were cash flowing. [/quote]

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