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I'm in the same exact boat as you. Between my three parents, Mom, Dad & Step-Dad. They make over 200K+ and I get crap for student loans from the government. M
by broknbottle 15y ago
I'm in the same exact boat as you. Between my three parents, Mom, Dad & Step-Dad. They make over 200K+ and I get crap for student loans from the government. My father helped me get my AAS but I am now working on a BS and I receive no help from my mom or step dad as they believe this is my complete sole responsibility... It's definitely tough out here.
- orijing 15y agoI agree it's tough, but it's not that my parents refuse to pay... I just don't think they can afford to pay, given the amount of stress they have from paying their mortgage. There's such a crude measure of "ability to pay" that it doesn't take into account the different circumstances; that a family sitting on a load of debt (1+m), making 150k (together) in the Silicon Valley on an underwater property, is not more well off than a family with no debt, a paid-for property, making 70k a year (with only the dad working), living in Florida.
- magamiako 15y agoNot so great when the shoe's on the other foot, is it?