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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does SIL's remarriage have to do with their dad paying for their college?  He damn well better help pay to educate his own children.[/quote]

Ha!

Have you met men who have affairs? It’s common for them to cut back on support for the kids. That’s why college is often included in divorce settlements - men want to spend their money on their affair partner after they leave. Even men who were “devoted dads” once upon a time. [/quote]

DP.  That was just weird for PP to phrase it like that. What, the new husband was supposed to put kids from the first marriage through college? [/quote]

What? Do you think once a guy divorces his wife, all responsibilities to his children end?

In my circles it’s common for parents to pay for college.

The only times I know this has become an issue for parents are in divorced families. Often the dad had an affair or is more focused on dating and is just not interested in his children from his first marriage. I know that people will say that college is not s right and all of that. And that’s true. Yet, while they were married these guys were planning to provide for their kids education. Not so much after. Just my experience. 
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I don't know who you are responding to, but I am the last PP you quoted. And not sure why you are trying to argue if that was exactly my point? My question was to the previous person -  is exH NOT responsible for paying for college for HIS kids once the mom re-marries a new guy? And we are not talking about jerks going through mid-life crisis, we are talking about norms.[/quote]

It’s possible the point was that the exW had more money after remarrying, because presumably she was then sharing household expenses. So her own discretionary funds increased, but exH didn’t try to change the arrangement so she would chip in more for college. [/quote]

AND according to PP's story the exH also remarried and presumably was sharing household expenses with the new wife =&gt; discretionary funds increased.

But we also don't know whether the father paid for college for 3 kids all by himself or split with the exW.[/quote]

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