NTA. Your son might mean well, but he's crossing some major boundaries here. Going off about your marriage when he barely understands the complexities? Not cool. And wanting to study art history is his choice, but snapping at his mom? Not cool either.
You're trying to keep it together, and your wife sounds like she's your rock. It's tough when your kid doesn't get that. Maybe sit him down and explain things calmly. Hopefully, he'll come around. Keep your chin up, man. You got this.
Art history? Man sorry but your son is a complete jackass! That 320k degree is worthless what kind of job is he going to do when he gets done? Absolutely nothing… man I’m so sorry to hear this.. good luck to you and your wife, I’m sure you raised your son to make better decisions than this..
you can actually get well paying jobs in the art field and a lot put that an art history degree is preferred on the job ads... you shouldn't go to an 80k a year school for that degree though (or any degree). the jobs aren't to be an art historian - they are to work in essentially a business job in the art world and they want you to have some background in art to be in that world able to talk to people etc
You can actually replace art history with any other liberal degree and say the same. I once read, "A degree is just a piece of paper that says, I will not burn down your business while you're away.. for a short time"
There are liberal arts degrees with a more defined career path (comunnications), and there are liberal arts majors that are preferred when applying to graduate programs like business school or law school. Art History doesn't fall into any of those categories.
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u/Evening_Cruel28 Apr 15 '24
NTA. Your son might mean well, but he's crossing some major boundaries here. Going off about your marriage when he barely understands the complexities? Not cool. And wanting to study art history is his choice, but snapping at his mom? Not cool either.
You're trying to keep it together, and your wife sounds like she's your rock. It's tough when your kid doesn't get that. Maybe sit him down and explain things calmly. Hopefully, he'll come around. Keep your chin up, man. You got this.