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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Just a bit of clarification. I went from $7,000--&gt;$3,500  per month child support when DD went off to college. Once DS left, I went down to $0.

[b]So it's really cute to read that &quot;I'm richer than you&quot; and &quot;I have more than you&quot; blah blah blah from people who need so desperately to feel as though they're better than someone else.[/b]

Part of the reason DC were able to have a life of extensive and expensive vacations (summer camp was abroad every summer since DD was in middle school and nearly 1 week each winter break as well) was because DEx-H factored those things into the child support. That was the life he wanted his children to have even if we weren't together. So it was housekeepers, private tutors, expensive activities, etc. Now, the children are in college and the thousands are no longer rolling in. I'm doing the best I can on my paltry salary. DEx-H has paid his share of the college expenses and refuses to give one cent more. [/quote]

I'm one of the PP that went to an expensive college on scholarship. I don't think other people were saying that they are richer than you to feel as though they were better than someone else.  They were trying to let you know that upper middle class parents let their kids "struggle" a little too in the sense of having a job for spending money.  There are some parents that don't want their kids to work at all and only focus on grades.  However, there are many parents that figure if they are paying tuition and room and board it is not unreasonable for the child to have a job to earn spending money.

I remember reading in an estate planning book that you can't raise a pampered pooch and then be surprised when they can't survive on their own. That always stuck with me when deciding what I can do for my kids versus what they can do for themselves.

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