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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom was like this. It was really annoying. They then refused to pay for college but I had to pick up their tab due to the expected family contribution and due to my dad's income, I could not get grants. My dad was not loaded but had enough that I was not grant eligible. I took out private loans at 9% and had 70k in debt from undergrad in 1999.

It really derailed my adult life. I did okay but I could have done better if I did not have that debt because I felt I could not consider professional school. It took all the joy out of my 20s...I worked 3 jobs until 33 to pay it off.

I felt my mom was lazy and had no excuse.

I will never every do that to my kids.

I work full time and have since they were born.[/quote]

Ew - your sense of entitlement is gross.  Your parents do not owe you a college education.[/quote]

Yes, in this day in age, they do. Don't have kids if you don't intend to pay for college. This is not the 1960s where you could "work your way through." It has not worked like that since the late 1980s.[/quote]

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