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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We sent our kids to public schools in NOVA then to UVA.  Saved thousands and thousands of dollars in tuition while the kids got a great education and attended a college that was plenty good enough for us to hold our heads up high at cocktail parties and other DMV social events - and to retire much earlier than the typical DCUM poster.

But hey, continue to argue about whether Northeastern or Emory or Tulane or etc is prestigious and worth the money.  Y’all are crazy.  [/quote]

Now that's not nice.

Your choices were fine, thoughtful, and right for you.  Be nice to people who make different ones or everyone will think you are an A.H.[/quote]

No, my choices weren’t just “fine” - they were the only reasonable choice for anyone who isn’t truly independently wealthy and for whom money truly is no object.  And I’m talking about the truly wealthy - not Biglaw partners types, for example, who still have to work for their money and justify their horrible jobs by saying they’re necessary because they pay for private schools followed by a Tulane.  Ridiculous.  Just ridiculous.

Just this past weekend we hosted several couples around our same age, with similar backgrounds and educations and for a time incomes, and more than one of them was lamenting the end of the student loan payment freeze and saying they will be paying off loans for their kids’ colleges until they’re dead.  We - early retirees - feigned empathy because we’re nice people, but in reality we have none.  We think they’re nuts for making the decisions they did.

And I’m not just talking about borrowing.  I’m talking about saving thousands of dollars a year into 529s at the expense of finding retirements or other investment accounts or activities so your kids can “go wherever they want regardless of cost.” WTF???  It makes no sense.  [/quote]

Well now you have removed all doubt.[/quote]
 :lol: [/quote]

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