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[quote=Anonymous]We nipped it in the bud when DC suggested a possible lasting resentment if DC chose a cost-effective route and sibling ended up getting more $$ help later. We said our job was to help each kid pick the right school for each, of which finances was one consideration but by no means the only one, things even out over time, etc., etc.

Growing up, I had a close-in-age sibling who did not hold down a side job, but I worked as soon as I legally could, summer and school year, and sometimes longer hours than legal and paid under the table. Before junior year of college, I went to buy a cheap used car needed for my major (field visits and out-of-town research library access). As I walked away from the bank with my book of payment coupons, my dad asked to see it and tore out the first year of payments, said he was going to pay them. My sib found out but understood--though often guilted me into rides. He could have been bitter but chose not to let it affect relationship with me or parents. YMMV.[/quote]

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