Not gonna lie, if this offer is “college fund” level and not “Oh, hey, we don’t have to worry about the college fund any more!” level, then there are not enough zeroes behind that offer.
Condolences to Theo, though. I completely emphasize with being put into a situation where you have to talk to family members that make you want to dive head first into a wood chipper. đ
On second thought, *feet* first. It’d still hurt less.
We have two girls, plus itâs still possible the other kids might have grandchildren, and college prices are ridiculous these days. And Mari says âextraâ money; we donât know what kinds of debts they might have, even just because thatâs what old age does to you.
I donât think it yet gives us a good estimate of how much money weâre talking about. I mean, we donât even know if this is meant to be the rent per month, per annual, or for the lifetime of the project.
What Iâm wondering, is if great-auntie can be trusted to ask the right questions, or whether sheâs the kind of person that respects that when a property has been rented the landlord canât just drop in without warning. Sheâs a complete wildcard in terms of what problems she could make so far.
Sometimes it isn’t even the college prices that get you but the cost of living where the college is. The price of rent, food, transportation and other necessary things (all the household supplies that you need to get for moving out, like dishes, sheets, cleaning supplies) can really add up. It can be easier if you live close enough to college that you can live at home, but many people do not have that luxury. Also, while you can work on the side during college, I find that it really depends on your major. Heaven help you if you try to do that while doing a class time heavy major (like a science one with a lot of labs). I was a biology major, and you would normally have 3-4 labs a semester, and some would be up to 4 hrs long. That isn’t even including the outside of scheduled lab time where you would have to analyze the results. Combine that with the hours that you would have to spend doing the homework for the lecture, the time spent studying, and the time spent doing reports, it was hard to find time to even do stuff like laundry or cooking. I know that some other majors were more project focused, so spent less scheduled time in lectures, labs or tutorials and more “you schedule your own time” for the projects that you had to get done (like sound recording or editing, etc). Those majors depend on how fast you can get the work done and how well you can manage your time. Not to say that many had free time, I just knew a few that could whip out an amazing project in a short time period. You can’t rush melting crystals for a chemistry lab when testing their melting point for how pure they are. (Chemistry, microbiology and genetics tended to be the worst labs for both going over time and taking forever outside of lab time to test and analyze the results. Organic chemistry was the bane of my existence.)
I can sympathize with Theo. I have only one by-blood family member left, a brother, with whom I wish I could have even a passingly normal relationship, but he has always been an incredibly toxic person.
Not gonna lie, if this offer is “college fund” level and not “Oh, hey, we don’t have to worry about the college fund any more!” level, then there are not enough zeroes behind that offer.
Condolences to Theo, though. I completely emphasize with being put into a situation where you have to talk to family members that make you want to dive head first into a wood chipper. đ
On second thought, *feet* first. It’d still hurt less.
We have two girls, plus itâs still possible the other kids might have grandchildren, and college prices are ridiculous these days. And Mari says âextraâ money; we donât know what kinds of debts they might have, even just because thatâs what old age does to you.
I donât think it yet gives us a good estimate of how much money weâre talking about. I mean, we donât even know if this is meant to be the rent per month, per annual, or for the lifetime of the project.
What Iâm wondering, is if great-auntie can be trusted to ask the right questions, or whether sheâs the kind of person that respects that when a property has been rented the landlord canât just drop in without warning. Sheâs a complete wildcard in terms of what problems she could make so far.
Sometimes it isn’t even the college prices that get you but the cost of living where the college is. The price of rent, food, transportation and other necessary things (all the household supplies that you need to get for moving out, like dishes, sheets, cleaning supplies) can really add up. It can be easier if you live close enough to college that you can live at home, but many people do not have that luxury. Also, while you can work on the side during college, I find that it really depends on your major. Heaven help you if you try to do that while doing a class time heavy major (like a science one with a lot of labs). I was a biology major, and you would normally have 3-4 labs a semester, and some would be up to 4 hrs long. That isn’t even including the outside of scheduled lab time where you would have to analyze the results. Combine that with the hours that you would have to spend doing the homework for the lecture, the time spent studying, and the time spent doing reports, it was hard to find time to even do stuff like laundry or cooking. I know that some other majors were more project focused, so spent less scheduled time in lectures, labs or tutorials and more “you schedule your own time” for the projects that you had to get done (like sound recording or editing, etc). Those majors depend on how fast you can get the work done and how well you can manage your time. Not to say that many had free time, I just knew a few that could whip out an amazing project in a short time period. You can’t rush melting crystals for a chemistry lab when testing their melting point for how pure they are. (Chemistry, microbiology and genetics tended to be the worst labs for both going over time and taking forever outside of lab time to test and analyze the results. Organic chemistry was the bane of my existence.)
“wanted to”.
Ah, family. Nice to see this aspect of Theo.
I can sympathize with Theo. I have only one by-blood family member left, a brother, with whom I wish I could have even a passingly normal relationship, but he has always been an incredibly toxic person.
I have that sister! Poor Theo!