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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]two fed families have had 18yesrs to save for college. This is what a 529 is for. I’m sorry for people who are well paid white collar workers too financially irresponsible to have planned for their kids education. [/quote]
And we are sorry that your kids are not high achievers. 
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well i have one at UVA and he was. National Merit Scolar. He’s such an under achiever🤣. Despite all we were adult enough to start putting whatever could into the 529 from the time i found out i was pregnant. [/quote]

I'm glad you're proud of your son - sounds like he's achieved a lot. I wonder if he's proud of you? Would he be proud of you spending your free time on a message board being cold and condescending to someone worried about losing their job? If so, then trust me when I say that something went wrong in parenting. [/quote]

DP:  once again, if you are a double fed, most likely making $300K+ for several years, the fact you don't have $$$ saved for college is a bit ridiculous.  So yes, I have empathy for people, but not for people who choose to not plan and live within a reasonable budget (which should include college savings, retirement savings, and building a 12 month+ emergency fund). [/quote]

You have NO IDEA people's individual situations: medical expenses, disability, sandwich generation costs, etc. So take your smug attitude and shove it up your a$$.[/quote]

If someone has that many other "expenses" in their lives, they probably shouldn't be considering $90K+/year colleges while making only $300K and having not saved for it.  Once again, life happens.  everyone has things that come up and suck, you deal with them.  But for someone who has that many financial ills along the way, overextending themselves to go to an elite private University is probably still not a smart financial decision.    So the reasons don't really matter.  It's the fact they cannot afford those schools, so they should make the financial choices they can afford. Like literally most people are forced to do for college and everything else in life. 
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Yes, two people losing their jobs at the same time (jobs that are actually protected by law, mind you) is just like “everything else in life.”[/quote]

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