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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]We have made cuts in other areas and live really like paupers (or "the millionaire next door"). We live "poorer" than most other people we know, but to us, it's important to send her to the private school. For example, we have no tv at home, no internet at home, drive two paid-for cars, I wear the same clothes from Target basically like every day, and we do a lot of things that other people eschewed on the "what cheap things have you seen people do" thread.

That said, I have another friend who lives pretty "high on the hog" and he was saying, "We just couldn't afford private school," and I really had to sit on my hands and bite my tongue not to say anything.
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Why exactly would you feel the need to "bite you tongue".  Yoor "friend" (I use that term loosely as you seem very judgmental) has made choices on how he wants to live and cannot afford tuition.  As a long time private school parent, I can assure you that private school isn't the be all and the end all of existence, and neither you ate your child are better than anyone else for making this choice.  Perhaps you ate really jealous of the things he can afford that tuition denies you.  Different strokes......[/quote]

Not PP, but let me explain in my circumstance:  I too have to bite my tongue when dealing with people who say they can't afford private school when I know they are financially doing better than us.  It's in the situation where they say they would really love to send their kids to private school then say they can't afford it. Of course if someone doing better than us doesn't care for private schools, then I don't have to bite my tongue - they choose not to value the experience.  Get it?[/quote]

NP here.  I think it's funny that when someone says they "can't afford private" YOU think they can b/c they are "financially doing better" than you are.  Maybe the truth is that they can't afford it (while planning in a prudent way for retirement, college, emergency fund, etc.).  Guess what that means?  It means you REALLY can't afford it b/c you have even less than they do.

You wouldn't be the first people to go broke paying for private school.  Just b/c your tuition check doesn't bounce, it doesn't mean that you can really afford the school.  Affording something this expensive means having a fully funded financial portfolio.  Plenty of parents can write the check, but because they don't have a great understanding of finances, jeopardize their financial future.  Kudos to your more financially prudent friends for realizing that private school is a luxury marketed as a "need."   [/quote]

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