Do you help support your graduate?

binx
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:24:47 +0000

ec1234 - You sound like my son. We are doing nearly exactly the same things.

Our S2 tries very hard to be self-supporting in grad school. He has a scholarship for most of the tuition, and takes a loan for the rest. And he tries to pay his living expenses through gigs. But he is in NYC and living expenses are high. It is my husband’s name on the lease, although S2 has been able to make the rent himself so far. He is allowed to use our credit card for groceries and audition expenses when necessary, but if he finds himself with surplus, we are likely to get a check in the mail. His phone is also on that credit card. He doesn’t have a car, but if he ever ends up in a city where he needs one, we’ll probably give him the extra car sitting in the driveway.

Someone mentioned that it is all about attitude. He is not extravagant, and tries very hard to make it on his own. When he visited home last year, I was concerned about how thin he was, and upped the care packages.