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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am realistic. One kid we know, who was very similar to mine except from a rich family and elite private, got into a more highly ranked school. I Know it was in part due to their full pay status. Still, I only wanted each of our kids to be happy. Mine, as it turns out, adjusted better than the other kid...which made me sad for her family (not secretly happy or anything).

These are adolescents, older children in effect. How could you wish them anything but success?[/quote]

I sense schadenfreude here, and often, on DCUM.

Maybe the kid is more qualified, or maybe that kid fit the "slot" (that the school wanted/needed) better than you kid, and that is okay.

Full pay is something - EXCEPT if the kid does not have the grades or the fit, then full pay is nothing.

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Except the poster literally said she felt bad for the other family…so there is no reason to infer that she was  secretly happy about their misfortune.

Perhaps you are projecting, or using the word incorrectly?[/quote]

Not projecting - except that I know how some parents talk about the successful kids, and rarely are those parents accurate. [/quote]

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