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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry OP. I think your situation is unfair and most normal people would be upset like you. The posters on here lecturing on here that you’re greedy and shouldn’t be entitled to anything are miserable, sanctimonious losers who want to sh!t all over someone who’s hurting.

No one asked your kids’ grandparents to make these promises over the years so they are wrong for reneging now. It also sounds like you can afford college, but it’s just unfair that not one cent is coming from dad’s side, and it should. I would tell your kids about this because they need to know the truth about their unreliable, deadbeat dad and his equally useless parents.[/quote]

We are not all sanctimonious losers. the suggestions to embarrass the in laws are trashy.

The rest of us are all living in the real world where we know paying for our kids college is on us. OP seriously didn’t question why she never saw a dime?  Until the money is in a bank account that you control, the money isn’t yours and you should plan accordingly. And to boot, OP has the money but doesn’t want to spend it. She just wants to spend other people’s money. [/quote]

You’re absolutely a sanctimonious loser and your glossing over the grandparents’ failure to uphold their promise is trashy. Also, it’s not like OP is greedily trying to extract money to spend on herself. It’s for her kids’ educations. I can’t believe there’s so many people on here who think a broken promise is no big deal.[/quote]
Broken promises that were nothing more than emails and texts and vague assurances that they would help is actually no big deal. No one should be relying on that for anything. Is it kind of crappy for the grandparents to have made this grandiose statements, sure, but OP isn’t entitled to their money. [/quote]

How do you know the assurances were vague? Were you there? And it’s not kind of crappy, it’s very crappy for the grandparents to make these statements and now disappear, hoping this will all blow over if they ignore their grandkids now. Why can’t they give them a clear answer like “sorry no, we can’t help” instead of being cowards? They’ll probably come crawling back like vermin after OP’s paid for everything and the kid’s settled at school.[/quote]

Vermin? That's a bit harsh. All this was is a gift. They mentioned the gift, and now don't seem to be going forward with it. You are never owed a gift. It's nice, but not necessary or required and you can't sue them for failing to deliver on an offer of a favor or gift. [/quote]

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