I could kiss you for this. At worst, I'm calling this daughter a brat. Those who side with the daughter!? They're calling the mother a child abuser. I'm not comfortable with throwing that word around for the reasons you explained.

Great! I'll tell her that a person on the internet knows more about what her education costs than she does! How helpful that you know everything!

Can't stop laughing at this.

Jesus that's some mountain out of mole hill assumptions. So you personally know these people and know that's happening? No? Then settle down.

Except being grateful and appreciative. When you feel those two things, calling your mother once a week to check in doesn't feel like an obligation.

Yeah, and some have scholarships and grants, so some of these people don’t need their parents to pay a dime. The woman I work with went to Princeton and Duke. Her mom paid $85k for her freshmen year of college, and then a scholarship kicked in but didn’t cover everything. She graduated with $200K in debt. Her mom then…

Everything you wrote is an assumption. Did you read the letter? It doesn’t say she expects deep conversation daily. The only interaction she gets from her daughter is when her daughter needs something.

I don’t see things the way you do, so I shouldn’t be a part of this conversation. How adult of you!

Ugh, I imagined him saying this and my spine almost melted.

Based on some replies here, apparently a lot of people feel entitled to that :/

To me, I'd rather my parents paid for my college if it meant monitoring my grades (it's their money, they have a say!) over them not being able to contribute to my college education. Graduating with debt is worse than parents monitoring grades.

True. Stop putting so much freaking money in to your kid and put it towards yourself.

Or that is one spoiled ass daughter who needs to show appreciation.

Not if your parents are paying $100K for that “independence” and education.

Heck, my parents are incredible parents and they expected me to pay for my college. So I’m baffled that people don’t think this mom deserves interaction from this daughter she’s pouring a ton of money in to!

If anyone here put $100K in to something, they'd want to know what it was going toward. What they're getting for their money. If I were this mom, I'd be pretty angry.

Insufferable. What would happen to this brat daughter if all her parents’ money was pulled out from under her?!

EXACTLY. The daughter sees her moms texts, probably within seconds or a few minutes from getting it, and chooses to just ignore it altogether. On these devices that her mom pays for.

I agree with you whole-heartedly, and I'm so sorry you lost your mom. I dread the days I lose my parents, so I appreciate and enjoy them while I can.

If my parents shelled out THAT MUCH MONEY on me, yeah, I'd gladly talk to them and text them daily.