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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]As an aside, why does this child have TWO a more years of college? Change majors 3 times or got a late start?[/b][/quote]

I question this as well. Is DH is expected to pay for his daughter for 2 more years? We're talking about significant nonessential (car, etc.) support for an ADULT vs. contributing to the basic living expenses of young minor children.

Let's be clear - 22 years old is not a "child" anymore. Plenty of young adults figure out how to fund their education without any help at all from parents, let alone being furnished a car with insurance, etc.

Maybe the daughter can learn from some of her contemporaries. Like, work a full time job to support her own living expenses and go to school part time. (Many companies offer tuition reimbursement.) [/quote]

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We don't know the whole story. She could be working her tail off and have a beater and worked all summer. We don't know and OP isn't coming back. But all of the above sounds very sensible for a young adult who needs to start going it alone, for whatever reason. [/quote]

Working full time is the dumbest thing a junior or senior can do. The best case scenario  is that their current school has night classes and graduation only gets pushed back a year. More likely, it means transferring to a school designed around working adults which means hoping credits transfer and potentially years more school. More likely is working full time, trying to pick up enough shifts (usually across multiple employers because full time means benefits and employers avoid those like the plague) hoping shifts don't conflict with school and getting discouraged and exhausted and slowly dropping out. The graduation percentages for part time students are miserable, but people love to hold it out as an option [/quote]

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