This morning over breakfast a friend told us a true story of the child of one of his acquaintances, who successfully sued his parents not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES to force them to pay for his university education.
The parents refused on the first occasion because this very same child had defaulted on a car loan, for which the parents had stood as guarantors; understandably they were reluctant to fork out more cash to a child with no sense of responsibility. The court decided otherwise, and out came the wallet to pay all the considerable up-front fees and set-up costs.
The child- not a child at all really, except in the eyes of the court- attended uni for only a few months before deciding it was all too hard and giving up. (And no, there are no refunds.)
At 22, he ran the same scam again, won the case again, and again lasted only a few months at uni before defaulting.
At 28, he repeated the whole scenario, won the case for a third time, and yet again failed to last the distance- by which time the parents (financially speaking) had one foot in the grave and the other on a banana skin.
What outrages you most about this tale?
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