Posted on 04/16/2023 1:49:02 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
Paying for college without taking on a lot of debt is no easy task. Annual tuition and fees at public four-year colleges for 2021-2022 were $10,740 for state residents to about $27,500 for out-of-state residents, according to College Board data.
If you’re fortunate enough to have a college fund established for you by a well-to-do relative, graduating debt-free is possible. That is unless your parents decide to use your tuition money for something else.
The Backstory That’s what happened to one Reddit user who went to the bank to get her tuition money, only to discover the account had been plundered. The account had been funded by a great-aunt of the original poster (OP), who wanted all of her female relatives to get a college education.
“My great-aunt set up savings accounts for all of her female relatives. She funded the education of as many of her nieces and grandnieces as she could. When she passed away, she left money for every girl relative she could.”
When confronting her parents about the missing money, they were initially cagy about how it had been spent, saying only they needed it. The original poster (OP) later discovered that her college fund was used to pay for her brother’s wedding.
Her Parents’ Response “My parents managed to access the accounts that were set up for my sister and I. They used it to pay for my brother’s wedding. My sister didn’t care because she got married two years out of high school and had no intention of going to college. When I graduated, I went to the bank to get money for school, and it was almost all gone.”
The OP was understandably upset. She was forced to take out student loans to pay for school.
The Lawsuit and the Aftermath She filed a lawsuit against her parents to recover the money her great-aunt left to pay for her education. That did not sit well with her family.
“My entire family is against me. They all think I am a complete a****** for airing private family business in public. And that I am putting money ahead of family.”
The OP further mentions feeling somewhat ashamed. She also expressed that she doesn’t want to bear the burden of taking on debt she should not have, thanks to her great-aunt’s generosity.
Women don’t want simple weddings.
My daughter occasionally acts as a budget wedding planner for friends. She’s managed 100+ guests for about $5000
Three kids, probably not Chinese
U.S. Chinese, or from Taiwan, possibly Malaysian Chinese, two daughters then boy, they wanted a boy.
Maybe.
I was thinking they might have swapped the sexes in an old case pulled from the early 1900’s or something (before there was social security), where the compelling societal interest would be for the parents to be cared for in their old age. College was considered much more of a luxury at that time, and marrying well was taken much more seriously.
In NYC - $40-60k
My guess is they are a Muslim family. South Asian.
Woman Sues Parents After They Spent Her Personal College Fund on Brother's Wedding
03/17/2023 8:35:35 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 66 replies
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