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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is your wife signing up for degrees that are low-paid? Usually when you're good enough, you can get a scholarship for a grad degree. You married someone who is not as smart/ambitious/capable as your side of the family. A mistake. It takes special skill to blow 200K on an OOS and end up with nothing. I also agree that instead of taking your frustrations out on the FIL, who seems a blue-collar guy who built himself up, you should look at your wife. Seems like a dud. [/quote]

People make bad decisions when they have a backstop.  Perhaps Dad didn't want to waste money on a worthless degree, especially if he's blue-collar rich.  He wanted utility, so he gave her a loan instead to make her feel like she had skin in the game and was making utilitarian choices about her degree.  My dad is blue-collar rich and was happy to pay for law or medical school, but not a degree in French Literature.  Maybe OP should have put his foot down, too?  It sounds like she's wasting marital money on another useless degree.  I could be wrong - it just sounds that way. [/quote]

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