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Originally Posted by glatt
A year and a half until graduation. Could you hold out that long? At graduation, is she definitely going to college? Would she wind up trying to continue living at home with you?
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College is likely, from the standpoint that she is smart enough, makes great grades, and there is a college fund that will cover reasonable state-school type of expenses. She has only recently been saying that "college doesn't seem impossibly terrifying anymore," but she's making progress and I think she'll probably be ready. She mentioned a long time ago the idea of living with us while she is in college, and we told her that while we would be willing to pay her living expenses while she focuses on getting a degree, we would want that to be in a co-op or dorm on campus, not in our house. Realistically we live too far from campus and UT is not set up for commuters, but more importantly we believe she needs a hefty dose of life skills, and it would be better for her in the long run to have to figure out how to live on her own.
The husband and I both worked through college and believe firmly that you have to get out, even if you're not financially independent.
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Originally Posted by glatt
Can you even swing two more kids financially? Do you have the space?
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Oh yeah, they're already with us every other weekend and most holidays. They have bedrooms, clothes, and a full complement of stuff. They've never been second-class citizens in that regard, same size pile of presents at Christmas and all that. The grocery bill goes up a bit when they're here for the summer, but not much because I'm already buying stuff in bulk anyway. We'd probably need to get her a proper desk for schoolwork, but that's about it.