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Did someone DD?
Where is the follow-up post on what ppl are planning to do if their LO doesn't go to post secondary school? Why would someone DD that? Here was my response:
We get our contribution back and the government gets their contribution back. Depending on where DS is in life, that would determine what we do with the money. If he's a responsible adult who just happened to pursue a career path that didn't require that he attend post secondary education, then maybe we would give it to him to buy a house. Maybe we'd use it to pay for his wedding.
If he is not responsile and hasn't proven that he deserves it, we would probably just keep it until he straightens himself out, and barring that, it would go to grandchildren or we'd add it to our retirement fund. I guess we'll see.
ETA: We would never use that much money for his wedding, but we'd use some of it for that, and the rest for something else.
Feel free to continue the discussion below! What would you do with the money you saved if your LO decided not to go to college?
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Re: Did someone DD?
I agree with you if he is a responsible young man I would be willing to help buy a house or pay for a wedding, or give it to him to put into a savings. I hope and pray he goes to college, I am trying to finish my degree, but DH hasnt finished college and still has an awesome job. (we married young and started a family young) and I would love to help DS if he follows DH's tracks. (We know what its like to be young, married and stuggling) also we have a stong military background and if DS desided to do that, I would be willing to use what we saved to help him get settled in life!
But if he is irresponsible and making dumb choices i dont know what we would do!
Really? I can't see it and when I clicked on it a couple minutes ago (when I could still see it) it said the post couldn't be found.
Huh.
I 100% agree with this. DH is dead set that he won't have a choice, he HAS to go and I disagree with that. What if does some sort of internship or apprecenticeship early on and loves it and it doesn't require any extra education. For example if he painted during the summers and started up his own painting business after high school. I don't think college is for everyone.
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I agree. I would LOVE for DS to go to college. I am studying to be a psychologist and DH is studying to be a professor so education is really important to us and we really want DS to go. HOWEVER, it is his life and it is his choice. He will be an adult at that point and as long as he is living his life to be best of his abilities and doing what he loves and is passionate about, I will support him. I don't have much of a choice anyway, he will be an adult and it won't be up to me to control him.