The price of an education can cost you debt throughout your whole life. Going to college is nowhere near obsolete, but there's a bigger and bigger discrepancy each year between the price tag on a university education, and what it guarantees you. You could spend 4 years studying, learning, devoting yourself to going to classes, and in the end it may not even guarantee a job. These days, connections and nepotism will take you further than any college education.
Family dynamics can be tough. Sibling rivalries don't just affect the siblings, but it bleeds into the relationship between the parents as well. No one likes to feel like a second-class sibling.
This brings us to the Reddit thread. In this story, the original poster (OP) is a man who's come into a large sum of money. Because he knows his wife has enormous student debt, he decides to give her the money so she's debt free. But not before his sister tangles herself in the situation.