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[quote=Anonymous]Oldest is 23 and is about 95% independent. She's still on our insurance because it's better than the one her company offers. She's also on our cell family plan. She was going to split off over the summer when she upgraded her phone but doing so made my bill increase by $50. Crazy. Keeping her with a new phone only increased it by $15. We also pay for her to come on some vacations with us (ex-paid for her flight to go skiing over Xmas with us). We've not had to help with rent, utilities, spending money, or her car since she graduated college and got a job at 22.

Next oldest is 21 and still in college. I'd say he's probably 50% independent. He works during the summer and saves all that money to use during the school year so he doesn't have to work. We pay his fraternity dues & housing fee. He's on our insurance and cell plan. This is the first year he's had a car at college. He pays for gas and routine maintenance items for it and also parking on campus. We pay for the bigger car expenses like insurance and taxes. The car is also not in his name. He uses the money he makes during the summer for clothing, entertainment, food he wants outside of what the frat provides, and any trips he wants to take outside of family vacations.

19 yo is probably 5% independent. She worked during the summer so she wouldn't have to work during college, but she didn't earn as much as her brother. She uses that money for her personal needs and we pay for everything else. She also gets $ from us each month for food because she has some odd allergies that have been triggered by the dining hall a few times this year (red 40, blue 1, pollinated fruits) as well as being a T1D. She worked over winter break and earned enough for a spring break trip in a few weeks. She has a paid internship lined up for this summer. Fingers crossed it's not gutted by Trump in the coming weeks.      [/quote]

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