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[quote=Anonymous]I would help if I could and I would hope I raised my children in such a way that there is not resentment.  You also may revisit what you would do to help your younger DD when the time for grad school comes if it does for her.  Circumstances change and that is life.  You are not reneging on your commitment to pay for UG for either, you are considering whether to help your older child out in a specific way and her earlier choices made this a financially feasible option for you.

My parents paid for UG for me and my two siblings at good state schools.  I paid for my own law school.  My mother paid off all of my younger sister's grad school debt because she was (is) a writer who did (does) not make much money.

My mother offered to pay off my loans to even things up but I had paid off my debt.  She did help us out when we had two children in daycare at once, which was a godsend and meant the world to me.

My mother has helped our other sister out in many ways over the years when needed, she did not go to grad school.

It is clear within our family that my mother has helped the youngest out the most financially and I can say with no reservations that we (my older sister and I) do not care or think it unfair.  My mother cares very much about fairness so there is no underlying issue of favoritism.  [/quote]

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