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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 304768" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>It's funny that you should bring this up right now. M is also 23 years old. Of course, he didn't bother applying for any financial aid in June when he lost his job like I suggested, but his loss.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, he showed up last week and wanted to talk about his ideas about going to community college this term. No real plans about particular classes, just he thinks this is how he is going to get money, I think. He had his opportunity for us to pay for college when he got out of high school. I don't need to go into details about where he was, most of you know. Suffice it to say he didn't want or need anything from us, and that money is long gone five years later.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, he said something about not being eligible for aid unless we were incapable of paying for him because we were dead or in jail, or if one of us (I'm unclear if he means "us" or "him") says that we fear bodily harm from the other. I'm not going to say that! I'll gladly say that he cut us off from him and we have no real relationship with him. I hardly think that three dinners in two years counts as a relationship. But I won't say I fear him, and I won't say he has anything to fear from us. I told him we'd have to know more about what was going on and husband and I would discuss it.</p><p></p><p>This is the bed he made. I know he has options other than this, but I won't be a party to it. I'll be darned if I am going to sign a statement to the government about my parenting skills, whether it's that I'm a louse, or that we were such poor parents that he's a danger to society. Uh-uh. Ain't going to happen.</p><p></p><p>We'll see if he sends us any information, but so far, there's been nothing. He needs to get a job, and research what his options are on his own, for crying out loud! He's 23 years old! I'd been working for 7 years at that age, had a child, and was supporting myself and getting ready to marry husband. Where do they come up with this sense of entitlement?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 304768, member: 99"] It's funny that you should bring this up right now. M is also 23 years old. Of course, he didn't bother applying for any financial aid in June when he lost his job like I suggested, but his loss. Anyway, he showed up last week and wanted to talk about his ideas about going to community college this term. No real plans about particular classes, just he thinks this is how he is going to get money, I think. He had his opportunity for us to pay for college when he got out of high school. I don't need to go into details about where he was, most of you know. Suffice it to say he didn't want or need anything from us, and that money is long gone five years later. Anyway, he said something about not being eligible for aid unless we were incapable of paying for him because we were dead or in jail, or if one of us (I'm unclear if he means "us" or "him") says that we fear bodily harm from the other. I'm not going to say that! I'll gladly say that he cut us off from him and we have no real relationship with him. I hardly think that three dinners in two years counts as a relationship. But I won't say I fear him, and I won't say he has anything to fear from us. I told him we'd have to know more about what was going on and husband and I would discuss it. This is the bed he made. I know he has options other than this, but I won't be a party to it. I'll be darned if I am going to sign a statement to the government about my parenting skills, whether it's that I'm a louse, or that we were such poor parents that he's a danger to society. Uh-uh. Ain't going to happen. We'll see if he sends us any information, but so far, there's been nothing. He needs to get a job, and research what his options are on his own, for crying out loud! He's 23 years old! I'd been working for 7 years at that age, had a child, and was supporting myself and getting ready to marry husband. Where do they come up with this sense of entitlement? [/QUOTE]
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