If Mom and Pop were behind on their retirement goals, why did they spend the money to remodel the flippin’ kitchen? Pop seems a bit confused.
Several freepers took this tack. It is not warranted on what we have been told. The decision to remodel the kitchen was theirs. It may well be that they could afford it and leave the retirement OK long term. There are always unexpected expenses in construction and the Father may feel that they should conserve funds for a year or two to get back on track.
The daughter is so out of luck. That’s what comes with expecting to get carried through life and ignoring what she was told pre dropout.
To the freepers that think the parents should continue to put their daughter’s possible return to college above their own comfort & needs I have to question if they have kids? There is a balance and having raised kids to college age, helped with college once, the parents are entitled to use the money they earned for their own needs & pleasures, especially after advising the daughter that they would do just that. This may be the salvation of this selfish girl.