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1 posted on 04/05/2022 4:25:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
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Colleges are brainwashing institutions

Not a lot of marriage material out there; plus unrealistic expectations...”marriage will make me “happy””

I say none of the above.


2 posted on 04/05/2022 4:32:26 AM PDT by FreshPrince
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Excellent article!


3 posted on 04/05/2022 4:33:27 AM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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3 John 4: I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

Some things are more important than a prestigious university/educational institution and/or appropriate marriage.

4 posted on 04/05/2022 4:42:32 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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yes, my neo-liberal uncle (i call him that b/c he was technically a republican up until my super-Reaganite conservative grandfather died in 2005 and he became a serf to his liberal Long Island yenta wife,) Is much more proud of his 3 children’s college accomplishments then that in their early 30’s, none of them are married or have any children.
my uncle will probably never know the joy of seeing his grandchildren grow and prosper (if he ever even has any)

the daughter is some super stem-cell researcher with no time for marriage/children
the one son is a young schmuck lawyer.
the other son is probably gay (not 100% convinced though) and is trying to become some type of save-the-world psychologist.

college meant so much to my uncle that he got caught in some huge medicare fraud case and even spent 2-3 years in federal prison for accepting bribes. His overall gist was that he “had 3 kids to get through college at once”. Whoever said they HAD to go to ivy league/top tier schools???
despite his guilty plea (and that of every other doctor involved), he still insists he wasn’t aware he was breaking the law.

typical elitist / entitled liberal


6 posted on 04/05/2022 4:44:39 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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I’d settle for the rugrats doing something like, say, reading Orwell’s 1984, understanding it, taking its lessons to heart, and never allowing government to take over their grey matter.

How many young people can say they’ve done /are doing things like that?


7 posted on 04/05/2022 4:45:27 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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Prestigious colleges? How 20th century. Hillsdale is the exception.
8 posted on 04/05/2022 4:47:49 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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I was FAR HAPPIER keeping my kids in mediocre local colleges...where they could live at home.

No way in hell were they going to get indoctrinated by the Left in our family, and they didn’t.


9 posted on 04/05/2022 4:51:11 AM PDT by BobL (Putin isn't sending gays into our schools to recruit children, but anti-Putin people are)
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I would put the births of my grandkids ahead of the wedding. (Yes, the grandkids happened AFTER the wedding)


11 posted on 04/05/2022 4:55:24 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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Actually for me neither or both, because what brings me the most joy is seeing my Children being more successful in life than I. Rather its love and marriage, career and finances or education, talent or skill I want their life in always to be better than mine


13 posted on 04/05/2022 4:58:48 AM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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In toady's world? A Checkers Baconzilla and some of their lava hot fries gives me more joy than paying for my kids expensive parties or the start of a divorce.
16 posted on 04/05/2022 5:21:56 AM PDT by Ikeon (The truth wont dent a persons argument who wants to believe a lie)
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Greatest joy in my life came when I married followed by seeing each of our 3 children birthed.

To God be the glory!

17 posted on 04/05/2022 5:23:23 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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Life begins when the kids move out and the pets die . . . I forget who said that but it always gives me a laugh


18 posted on 04/05/2022 5:28:09 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business )
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Personally, I wish all my children were married and had children of their own. But that hasn’t happened yet.


19 posted on 04/05/2022 5:35:25 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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Ummmm.
No

For me I am most proud of my daughter’s getting her masters and passing her boards so she can be a nurse practitioner. I was thrilled and happy the day she got married. She picked well for that I am thankful.

I am most happy that she has grown into a wonderful adult


20 posted on 04/05/2022 5:36:28 AM PDT by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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I don’t see the happiness a parent would feel if his or her son decided to lop off his penis, get breast implants, and hormone treatments, or just become a drag queen. I think that there are a lot of democrats out there who would be made very happy about that.


21 posted on 04/05/2022 5:37:26 AM PDT by euram
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Well, assuming all is “OK”, I think I’d take the marriage.

Mostly because I’m very cynical and wouldn’t fully trust any school, including college, to please me with their “leanings”.

I’ve experienced enough of the private-school disappointment to know not to put stock in getting into any given school.

BTW, GRADUATION is better than “getting in”.

Frankly, despite its problems, my college graduation was maybe my proudest point in my life.


22 posted on 04/05/2022 5:41:40 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVd)
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Getting married and becoming educated and skilled for a future are not mutually exclusive. My daughter will graduate this spring from an excellent public university here in the Midwest. She also has her first serious job offers, and I know she'll do well.

Although she has a serious boyfriend, marriage isn't quite on the radar screen, so I am patient. I don't expect her to marry to make me pleased or feel any other emotion.

23 posted on 04/05/2022 5:50:05 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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Prestigious colleges are fast becoming jokes.


25 posted on 04/05/2022 5:58:05 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Neither will make you or your child happy once the initial euphoria wears off. Not being pessimistic. It’s just a reality.


26 posted on 04/05/2022 6:07:50 AM PDT by libh8er
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Dennis Prager’s parents were happy 3 separate times then.


27 posted on 04/05/2022 6:10:05 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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