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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sister has teen boys from a previous relationship. There is no college fund for them, biological father is a deadbeat, her husband is sole breadwinner (he likes it that way, i.e. POWER), and he has no reservations admitting he will not pay $1 for their college. "That's what scholarships and loans are for. If they don't work hard enough, it's on them." They also have two younger children together. My BIL works hard and makes a decent living to provide suburban house and cars for the teens. But neither he nor my sister attended college or have [b]any[/b] understanding about college prep, admissions, they've never lived more than 20 miles from where we grew up, etc. Ex. They didn't know what a h.s. honors track was.

My husband and I both have advanced degrees, my husband does very well financially, and we can easily help the boys make it to college. I wanted to set them up with a math tutor and an SAT prep course — to position them to be prepared for college. My sister's husband found out and flipped out. Told me to butt out of his family, don't tell "his kids what to do" and to take care of my own kids. What are we to do? I know what the data says about these boys if they aren't prepared for college. 95%+ chance they turn into their deadbeat father.[/quote]

She's a SAHM and he works so that equates to power? You sound like you just do not like this man. Rather than tell us what you think and what the DH thinks, what does your sister say?[/quote]

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