Archive for June 28th, 2007
Fleeing the country
Generally, when (reasonable) parents co-sign student loans for their children, they do so with confidence; they trust that once we move on into the working world with a college education, we will make good salaries and pay our loans back faithfully. (Thanks, Mom and Dad! So far, so good.)
But what of those parents with a looser grip on reality? Being unable to rationally counter the points I made in support of Lisa being given her passport (in fact, the email has been read and ignored), Lisa’s mother has invented another line of argument: if given her passport, Lisa might flee the country and leave her parents holding the bag for her existing college loans! (The mind boggles.)
I wish I were making this up. I wish that my girlfriend’s parents could call her on her 21st birthday to wish her well, inquire about how things are going, trade light-hearted banter, etc. instead of spewing deranged screeds about financial conspiracy theories as a justification for inappropriately controlling the travel abilities of a 21-year-old adult. That’d be neat.
Go shorty… it’s your “birfday”
Happy 21st birthday, Lisa!