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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to both public and private schools. The private school I attended for middle and high school was well-regard but had some major issues. I recognize there were some benefits to the private school in terms of being introduced to some subjects earlier than I would have otherwise been and having opportunities that come with having a class full of peers whose families had a fair amount of resources. I wouldn't say I am especially grateful for it. My parents like to hold it over my head and have tried to use paying for private school as a reason why I can never deny them or why they can be greedy with other things (didn't pass along small inheritance gift from grandparents because they needed it and they paid for private school). I don't doubt that they thought they were acting in my best interest in sending me to private school. I never asked or expressed desire to go to private school. I also know the decision played into their anxieties about me growing up and their desires to keep me in a controlled, insular environment. It probably would have been less expensive for them to seek therapy and for my mother to take some Xanax, but they chose another way. I don't resent it, but I'm not especially grateful. [/quote]

Interesting.  Can you say more about how they held it over your head?  What can you not deny them?  Do they  insist on things "because we sent you to private school," even all of these years later?[/quote]

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