Extreme Parental Action to pay for College

Parents Forum
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<p>A Boston parent advertised on Craiglist to sell body parts to satisfy her student’s college loans. </p>

<p>Makes the expression “giving an arm and a leg” have literal meaning. </p>

<p>[Parent</a> Sells Self On Craigslist To Pay Off School Debt - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston](<a href=“http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/26995738/detail.html]Parent”>http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/26995738/detail.html)</p>

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<p>Pla-eeez. Anything for attention. Too bad they didn’t think ahead.</p>

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<p>I’m thinking that with $200K in loans, it’s not just the student that’s in deep trouble. The parent must have taken, or at least cosigned, for a big chunk of that. What an awful feeling that must be…sad that reality didn’t sink in long ago, huh?</p>

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<p>Geez, just take the $200K from one of the offshore accounts. What? You don’t have any offshore accounts???</p>

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<p>Sounds like there may be more than one child whose debts added together equal $200K. The ad talks about “children’s”.</p>

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<p>How much could I get for a kidney?</p>

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<p>oh, automom…hahaha</p>

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<p>Reminds me of an old joke about attorneys told by Alan Dershowitz (apologies in advance- hope no one is offended). Short version-- person goes into an apothecary store-- with old dusty bottles-- each containing and labelled with the dried brains different professions. Doctors brains= $400/oz; architect brains $500/oz, accountant brains, $300/oz, etc. Then he gets to the attorney brains-- $5,000/oz. The person asks “why are the attorneys brains so expensive? Are they that smart?” The little man behind the counter answers “No. Do you know how many attorneys it takes to get an ounce of brains?”</p>

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<p>Wow. 5 hrs have gone by and no one has gotten on my case for telling a lawyer joke! :)</p>

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<p>jym626 - I thought it was funny - thanks for the laugh :)</p>

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<p>JYM626 – I love that joke! I’ll definitely pass it around (through work, I have more attorneys than I have friends). My fave is from the New Yorker. It’s called “attorney assisted suicide”</p>

<p>Attorney to potential client: “I charge $1000 an hour, and I’m very very slow.”</p>

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<p>Yay. An audience :)</p>

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<p>Seriously - I have seen ads in campus newspapers for egg donors. This must be very tempting for some young women as it pays a lot. They may not realize what is entailed in stimulating the production of the ovum and harvesting them.</p>