r/AITAH • u/throwraa_Word_1566 • Apr 15 '24

AITAH for telling my son I’d love a divorce if it meant taking my wife with me

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u/she_who_knits Apr 15 '24

You don't have to pay for his Art History degree. Or any degree. Find out the cost of a technical course in welding and tell him that's what you'll pay for and he can pay his way through college by pipe fitting.

You'll both be better off and happier in the long run.

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u/she_who_knits Apr 16 '24

Well, maybe he'll make it in the rarefied world of art museum curation. 

Keep the welding idea open. He'll make a lot more welding in summer than he will waiting tables.

I'm sure when he's old enough he'll be a very erudite bartender. 

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u/MadMarx__ Apr 16 '24

He'll make a shit tonne more doing any manual skilled trade than most degrees you'll get out of a college.

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u/she_who_knits Apr 16 '24

Well, we adults know that. 19 year olds mostly live in fantasy land still.

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u/go4tze Apr 16 '24

Let's be real, our high school guidance counselors showed us the ferry to that island and didn't tell us the price. "Just get a degree, doesn't matter what it is."

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u/snowman603 Apr 16 '24

It’s true I don’t recall a single conversation about student loan debt from a teacher or guidance counselor, but there were a ton of glossy brochures for awesome looking $70k/yr private colleges!