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Remember the girl who sued her parents for college tuition?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 641660" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hey...if you can't afford it, you can't keep the promise.</p><p></p><p>Many parents have, by life's necessities, gone back on their words and that doesn't make them bad people. I told my kids, when they were young, that we would never divorce and ex and I did. It isn't something my kids ever talk about, but I remember.Have you kept EVERY promise you made to your daughter?</p><p></p><p>I don't think any parent can say "yes, I did. Every one."</p><p></p><p>If I had told my kids I'd pay for their college tuition when the time came it would not have been possible as I had no money.</p><p></p><p>I really think most of the time this would have been ruled against UNLESS it was in the parenting plan.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, any kid who wants to go to school, will go, whether or not the parents pay. There are other options. Most college kids on some sort of financial aid or loan. It is hard for most to come up with...what?...$50,000 a year? We have gone to many of these financial meetings for Jumper's tuition and she, like most kids, have grants and loans. We couldn't have afforded even a tech school, which is much cheaper, even if it had been carved in stone.</p><p></p><p>Life is unpredictable. No promise is one that is a definite.</p><p></p><p>I do not expect this to be ruled all over the country.</p><p></p><p>Big deal that the grandparents paid for the father's college. That was a choice they made.</p><p></p><p>I'm just glad this has never happened in Wisconsin. And I don't think it would.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 641660, member: 1550"] Hey...if you can't afford it, you can't keep the promise. Many parents have, by life's necessities, gone back on their words and that doesn't make them bad people. I told my kids, when they were young, that we would never divorce and ex and I did. It isn't something my kids ever talk about, but I remember.Have you kept EVERY promise you made to your daughter? I don't think any parent can say "yes, I did. Every one." If I had told my kids I'd pay for their college tuition when the time came it would not have been possible as I had no money. I really think most of the time this would have been ruled against UNLESS it was in the parenting plan. At any rate, any kid who wants to go to school, will go, whether or not the parents pay. There are other options. Most college kids on some sort of financial aid or loan. It is hard for most to come up with...what?...$50,000 a year? We have gone to many of these financial meetings for Jumper's tuition and she, like most kids, have grants and loans. We couldn't have afforded even a tech school, which is much cheaper, even if it had been carved in stone. Life is unpredictable. No promise is one that is a definite. I do not expect this to be ruled all over the country. Big deal that the grandparents paid for the father's college. That was a choice they made. I'm just glad this has never happened in Wisconsin. And I don't think it would. [/QUOTE]
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