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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not about not being as to afford private school, unexpectedly or not.  It's about OP bring so irresponsible to have gotten into this situation because she couldn't be bothered to do simple.  My parents weren't able to afford private for me, and I complety understood.  But to pull this irresponsible shit with your kid is just ridiculous.  [/quote]

Give me a break. Now I know why people complain about Gen Xers[/quote]

So you too would feel hardly any guilt at having made your DD interview, write essays, work hard on her SSAT, only to turn around when she's exulting and say: 
"Oops, sorry, we don't have the money after all. Well, good for you anyway."

Says everything we need to know about your character, PP.[/quote]

That is exactly what I am saying. So what, she is probably going to a W high school anyway. Give me a break. I would be fine with a little disappointment but if my kid threw a fit bacause he/she is not going to private school when I decide it is not financially the greatest choice I would be very embarrased and disappointed in my child... we would have a very long and hard talk.

My kids are told NO all the time.. not because we can't afford it but because they CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING THEY WANT. bfd

You are very pampered and entitled.
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You keep willfully misunderstanding the OP's situation. Her daughter was led to believe she would enter her school of choice if she was accepted, then OP turned the tables on her because she had not checked her finances properly beforehand.

My children are refused many luxuries as well, but when I promise them something, I do my best to follow through, unlike OP. It's called trust.
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You are willfully misunderstanding the difference between a want and a need. It's not like the mom promised to get away from an abusive husband and did not, she is sending her to a W school instead of private school. [/quote]

A different poster, but I was deck items pampered in that my parents decided to do basic math and tell me we could t afford private school BEFORE I would have applied.  This is not about luxuries, it's about have an even minimally responsible parent.  How about, instead of having the conversation 0P now claims to have had with her daughter about all the options being on the table for consideration, she simply do some basic math?  Was 0P on able to add and subtract in the fall?  The only lesson I think her daughter should take from this is not to rely on her mother to do any of the basic legwork involved in parenting decisions. Even if her daughter doesn't realize this now she certainly will soon. And given the details provided by OPD, I am assuming that her daughter's classmates and their parents will also know about the situation. Not that the daughter should in any way be embarrassed, but I would have been if everyone knew my mom had been so you're responsible because she decided to broadcast it on this kind of forum. Anything else you'd like to do, open, to make this a bit less comfortable for your daughter?  You know, so she doesn't become and entitled, spoiled brat. Really, more embarrassment will help prevent that.[/quote]

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