She’s Refusing To Hand Over Her Grandson’s $40,000 College Fund Because He Chose To Work On The Family Farm Instead of Finishing School
Sometimes, parents find themselves in a rough position when they save money for years to set up a college fund for their child, only for their child to not want to go to college at all.
One woman has been withholding her grandson’s college fund his great-grandmother saved for him since he’s chosen to work on their family farm instead of finishing school.
Her grandson is 25-years-old. She lives and works on a farm she runs with her husband and son, her grandson’s father. When her mom was older, she left over $40,000 for her grandson’s college education.
When her mom died, she left the money in her possession until her grandson was old enough to attend school.
“Right out of high school, he moved into an apartment and started to attend community college,” she explained.
“He had a scholarship for the first two semesters, so we weren’t worried about using the inheritance yet. He also paid rent with his own savings from working on the family farm, so again, no need for the inheritance at this point.”
But after her grandson completed his first semester, he decided school wasn’t for him and dropped out.
Then, he spent four years living in his local college town and working as a heavy equipment operator in construction. After those four years, he decided to move back to their family farm to work there as her husband was getting older and her son was struggling with alcoholism.
“For the last three years, he’s been running the farm,” she said.
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“I do all the bookwork as I have for the last 50 years, but he does everything else and has helped keep the business afloat. He lives in an RV on the farm property because he doesn’t want to pay rent in town, and he says he’s closer to work this way also.”
Her grandson has told her several times that he loves the farm life and wants to continue doing it for the foreseeable future. However, she and her husband have been trying to convince him to return to college and pursue a different career.
The only other career her grandson has mentioned being interested in was becoming a cook. He believes the only viable way for him to have a career as a cook would be to open his own restaurant.
Now, her grandson has begun asking for his college fund money to try and responsibly get his own food business up and running.
“His argument is that he’s 25, has proven he’s independent as an adult, and doesn’t see himself benefiting from college,” she added. “[He] also told us that college wasn’t a wise investment for him because of his plans.”
She’s been putting her foot down and refusing to give her grandson the money because her mom specifically said it would go toward his college education. She believes that if that money isn’t being put toward college tuition, it won’t go toward anything.
Is she being selfish by withholding her grandson’s college fund?
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