Heart Broken Mom

Consolation
Sun, 10 May 2009 16:18:38 +0000

Let’s go back to the original statement:



I made the decision for her not to accept the offers at the top universities but to attend our in-state university. She was heart broken but not kicking and screaming over this decision. It is going to cost our family over a course of 5 years $80,000.00+ to attend GWU as oppose to $35,000.00 to attend our in-state university. Could I be wrong for taking this opportunity away from my daughter?



THE MOM decided to reject Georgetown and Brown. THE DAUGHTER was “heartbroken.”

Could you be wrong? Damn straight you could be wrong. If you were fully capable of paying for those schools when your D was agreeing to go in as the major you wanted a month ago, you are fully capable of paying for them now.

She’s agreeing to go to UNC just to get you off her back because THAT is the only school she can pick and not be treated to an endless song and dance. (That is not to say that it is a tragedy for a kid to go to the UNC honors college.)

And what’s this with 5 years?