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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have some neighbors who married when the guys son was 15 or so.  They then had two kids.  When the teen went to college it was paid for half by the birth mom and half by the birth dad.  The newly married woman does not contribute to the stepsons college tuition, room or board.

I don’t know what she would have contributed if the birth mom was not active and solvent eno if h to save and contribute.

I don’t know if the new wife was rich, wealthy or making tons of money would have done.  I do know she is saving and spending for her own retirement and two young kids’ futures.

This is not cut and dry for OP. But having a big group conversation on it with birth parents and step parents is greatly needed.  Good luck w the applications [/quote]

This isn't comparable.  OP says her husband has the money and will only provide basics for her daughter.  He has been her stepdad for 5 years, so assume Mom/Stepdad have been together 6 years.  This kid has no one.  Dad isn't involved, mom cares more about her husband, than daughter and she's the outcast.[/quote]

I feel sorry for the daughter. She's smart, she's motivated. And yet all the adults in her life are so self-involved they can't scrape up the money to send her to a decent college. It's sad.[/quote]

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