‘It would cost such a SMALL fraction of her money’: Rich mom refuses to pay for college despite owning multiple properties, leaving her 17-year-old child stuck without financial aid or parental support

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Etai Eshet • Editor
Oct 6, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

When rich parents clutch their wallets tighter than a final exam essay, college tuition turns into the world's most awkward staring contest. Mom's got multiple properties but can't seem to part with enough cash for tuition, even though her bank account would barely notice the loss. Getting stuck in the gap where your parents are well off but too cheap to help means no financial aid, no support, just a soundtrack of lifelong lectures about chasing A's.

Getting shamed for not being perfect and threatened with losing birthday money or a spot in the will is a marathon most people skip. The generosity here is mostly theoretical, trapped in appeals to hard work while the assets gather dust elsewhere. Emotional support is rationed. Childhood savings disappear faster than summer vacation.

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  • Mom is VERY cheap, she is hinting at not paying for college. I could see it.
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  • It would cost such a SMALL fraction of her money. She owns PROPERTIES that she dosen't live in.
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  • She disqualifies me from financial aid. Oh, but she still had to pressure me my entire life to ensure I got top grades.
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  • She called me stupid and a failure. She deserves it. Not only that, she stole 1000 dollars my family gave me when I was like 7.
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  • She would threaten to take me out of her will since BEFORE THAT AGE. She has screamed at me, traumatized me, gave nothing, took everything, made my life misrable.
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  • If she dosen't pay for college tuition, revenge will happen. Give me ideas. I have her SSN, her money is the target.
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  • Sue her, embarrass her, ruin any job oppurtunities, get her fired. Anything, just tell me how.
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  • The moment she says she is gonna do it, she will regret it. I don't wanna see any crazy stuff tho, just attack the money (no reprucussions).
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  • When tuition payments don’t materialize, pettiest revenge ideas start flying faster than graduation caps. A lifetime of put-downs and financial blocks turn into schemes and wishful thinking about getting even. The only win left comes from moving ahead and finishing school without mom’s spare change and never needing to hear about her rental properties again.

  • Jerry7887 Go ahead and use her SS number. Thank me later when you get free room and board at the county jail.
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  • OP Separate-Motor-5945 not what I was thinking, I was thinking of posting it online, letting someone experienced handle it.
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  • desertboots Complicit in identity theft? Your best revenge is cutting her out of your life.
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  • OP Separate-Motor-5945 i guess, yeah. I was gonna do that too anyway.
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  • gromit 1991 You say that she "threatened" to take you out of her will as if it's something you have any right to!
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  • OP Separate-Motor-5945 not saying that I have a right to it, but using it as some kind of reward for manipulation is completley wrong. And I was so young that she could actually make me believe I would suffer without it.
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  • Separate-Motor-5945 not saying that I have a right to it, but using it as some kind of reward for manipulation is completley wrong. And I was so young that she could actually make me believe I would suffer without it.
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  • Vaaliindraa If she refuses to help pay for your college, then there is a form that she can fill out declaring that and then you will be eligible for financial aid, of course once she signs it you can post it to the family socials so everyone knows how stingy she is.
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  • OP Separate-Motor-5945 what form is it?
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  • Separate-Motor-5945 She did this to try to make me a worker at her property so she wouldn't have to pay someone.
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  • OrangeBug74 If you went to military, you would go through very intensive physical conditioning. You might see combat but you might here at home too. If you went to trade school/community college, you might be earning 6 figures within 5 years.
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  • OP Separate-Motor-5945 "but you might here at home too" do you mean that there could be a war? im in america thanks for the info btw
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  • Ok_Maintenance 7716 I think I understand why mom doesn't want to pay for your college.
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  • OP Separate-Motor-5945 why?
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  • vancouverisle After a certain age they don't owe you anything. The contrary in fact.
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  • OP Separate-Motor-5945 what age is that?
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  • vancouverisle 18, no older.
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  • OP Separate-Motor-5945 im not 18 yet, but why that age?
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