The Glade 4.0

Ah, you confuse things. Easily done, I suppose, when you can't consider the situation from any other point but your own.

While you're supporting your wife, you're not paying alimony. Alimony gives your ex-wife power over you while she's supporting herself after your marriage terminates. Go to work, pay your money, or you can actually (in some cases) go to jail. It's the recognition that a contract for a lifetime (more or less) partnership was agreed upon by both parties, with all ramifications therein. You're paying for services assumed to have already been rendered.

As long as there is no coercion, you can offer money for anything you want and it's reasonable to do so because it's the accepted method of exchange in our society for things of worth. It's not necessarily legal in all cases, but it's totally reasonable.

Yeah you can live here under X terms.

Don't like the terms you don't have to live there (which is the option that was taken).

Hey RD I'll trade you a nickle for 50 bitcoins.

There is an offer - do you get to sue me for my nickle because you don't want to take the offer?

It's reasonable to make an offer, it may not be reasonable to accept. It's called negotiation, and that's the reasonable method to achieve consensus in making an exchange for things of value.

Look folks, pick all the nits you want. If another adult wants to live under my roof and have me pick up the tab, I can dictate all the terms I want, or I can be as flexible as I want. It's the choice of the folks who's names are on the deed. There's the door, go find a better offer if you don't like mine, I won't twist your arm to get you to stay.

Not even remotely equivalent.

Stop trying to turn it into a simple business transaction.

RD and I are both adults, I made an offer that the other adult is free to accept or reject.

The parents and her are all adults, the parents made an offer that the other adult is free to accept or reject.

OMG SO DIFFERENT!

Teen who sued parents gets $56K scholarship
Honor student now reunited with her parents

Published On: Apr 03 2014 10:20:39 AM CDT

Springfield, MA (WSHM) -- The New Jersey teenager who made international headlines last month when she sued her mother and father for financial support and college tuition announced she will be attending Western New England University (WNEU) in Springfield next fall with the $56,000 scholarship she was awarded from the school.

"Decision made," Rachel Canning said in a March 30 Facebook post, according to NJ.com. "WNE U class of 2018 BME Major w/ 56,000$ (sic) scholarship."

"Federal privacy laws prohibit colleges and universities from discussing the status of prospective and/or current applicants for admission. Therefore, Western New England University cannot comment on the status of any prospective student," said WNEU's Assistant Vice President for Marketing Communications David Stawasz.

The Catholic high school senior eventually dropped the lawsuit and returned home and reunited with her parents in Lincoln Park, NJ.

The honor student and cheerleader filed the lawsuit against her parents in March, claiming they threw her out and were making her foot the bill for college.

Her father tells a different story, saying "I know Rachel is a) a good kid, and b) an incredibly rebellious teen, and she's getting some terrible information."

Sean Canning claims Rachel ran away in November because she didn't want to follow house rules.

Tuition and mandatory fees are $33,466 for the coming academic year at WNEU. The total cost rises to $46,154 with room and board. The maximum merit scholarship at WNEU is $16,500 per year. The total can rise to $56,000 or higher over the course of four years, according to Stawasz.

"Western New England University routinely offers merit scholarships to incoming freshmen based on academic achievement. These scholarships range from $5,500 to $16,500 annually and are renewable for four years – as long as a student continually meets certain academic benchmarks," Stawasz said. "Therefore, these merit scholarships can total between $22,000 and $66,000 over the course of four years. These scholarships are awarded to all incoming freshmen who meet the academic criteria, independent of financial need."

Damnit! The lawsuit is dropped, and everyone is happy?!?! We demand blood!

Seriously. It's not like it's a full ride to Harvard or MIT, or anything. Honors students get offered these type of academic partial scholarships all the time. Regardless of any personal drama, she hit the mark to qualify for it, academically.

I'm not going to suggest they shouldn't have given her the scholarship, mainly because I have no idea what went into the decision. and, it's.not.my.money.

That said, her level of Jackassery seems exceptional to me. If I were looking for a worthy candidate to give a sixty grand scholarship to, I might look for someone a little less.... entitled jackasstastic?

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin

I'm not going to suggest they shouldn't have given her the scholarship, mainly because I have no idea what went into the decision. and, it's.not.my.money.

That said, her level of Jackassery seems exceptional to me. If I were looking for a worthy candidate to give a sixty grand scholarship to, I might look for someone a little less.... entitled?