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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. The costs will continue. You have 3 kids and are at 185k. The math does not work.

Our kids are in private now. We can do it and not feel crunched until high school. The only way we are affording high school and college is major sacrifices.

Situation is are are divorced mid 40s. Two kids. We each make about 200k a year. I have 780 in retirement. Ex has $1 million and a pension. We both own homes. We have about 60k saved for college.

Our plan is that when high school costs 25k a year for each kid in a few years, we are both selling our homes and renting so we have plenty of money to fund both private high school and 4 years of college for the kids.

We see no point in maintaining large homes when there is no one home post college: we are downsizing to pay for high school and college. Most people are not willing to do this. [/quote]

:shock: Count me as someone who would not do this. [/quote]

Curious what about this shocks you.

I have lived in six states and if I count the number of moves in my life from birth, I am in my 27th location. I am mid 40s. I don’t like homeownership and I have owned a few homes. I can’t wait to sell and downsize for high school and college. I will rent those years. When I am older, I may buy a small place to die in for what I think will be the last 20 years of life. My ex plans to rent forever after selling a house that is too big for one person even with kids half the time. I will be investing any extra that is left over and not used for college or high school costs. [/quote]

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