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MADem

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10. And now they do it by TEXT!!!

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 10:30 PM

Apr 2015

If you want to be a hardass, force 'em to SKYPE you when they need a few bucks! That way, at least you can lay eyes on 'em on occasion! You're entering the zone of "I'm Independent and I Need Some Walking Around Dough!!!" Not quite as bad as puberty...but only just!

Nowadays, you don't have to send an envelope, the colleges have debit cards that the sucker parents can "plus up" so the little angels can buy their cokes and snacks and schoolbooks! They've got the whole "separating the 'rents from their cash" thing down to a fine science~~!

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So, the college search that began two years ago ended today [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 OP

Take it from this old gramma for what it's worth. I think you're jumping the gun a tad. shraby Apr 2015 #1

The COLLEGE class of 2019 Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 #5

Wait'll ya get the BILLS. MADem Apr 2015 #2

Hi Dad! Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 #6

And now they do it by TEXT!!! MADem Apr 2015 #10

Congrats on the end of this siege. elleng Apr 2015 #3

How the Hell is one supposed to know that a 529 is a parent asset Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 #8

No thanks, I'm through with youngsters elleng Apr 2015 #9

Congratulations and best of luck! Freddie Apr 2015 #4

Some of the most successful people I know went to local/commuter school Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 #7

Our kid finished with his masters at Cal Poly Starry Messenger Apr 2015 #11

I attended one of the UC Schools Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 #12