<p>Yep, happymomof1. Sounds familiar.</p>
<p>My mother dabbled in a few college classes, but her parents were not at all supportive - they were of the era that the mentality was “get married and be a housewife.” Instead, she met my father and worked to support the family while he was in graduate school getting a Ph.D. She worked as a produce buyer for a supermarket chain and in clerical/office support positions. Then, when she began working for a university-affiliated research laboratory that provided tuition reimbursement, she went back to night school while he played stay-at-home dad. Long story short, she’s now a financial analyst, put me through college and turns up at my grad school bachelor pad demanding to redecorate my bathroom and stock my kitchen :p</p>