<p>no soozie - I didn’t take it personally. Just wanted to say that I never realized how much I’d appreciate a bigger screen until after we got one! I was fine without one until we decided a new one would be nice as we planned to give the 27" to D1 when she moved out. I intially was going with a smaller HD LCD, but they had one that was being discontinued with a larger screen that they were willing to sell me for the same price as the smaller one, so we went a tad bigger than I’d planned.</p>
<p>I’m also in a different place than DadII. Our oldest has graduated and almost (hopefully) on her own soon. D2 is a sophomore, and I am confident we have the funds necessary to pay the remaining 2 1/2 years. Just going to show that different parents make different decisions, I know that you have been very generous in supporting your D1 in her grad school endeavors. We never really made that promise to our kids, although I wouldn’t ever rule out some sort of ‘help’ every now and then if they needed it if they pursued grad school. D1 has spoken on and off about law school, and I doubt we would ever fully fund that if it ever came to be. D2, well, I never know what will happen with her. If our economy doesn’t improve by the time she graduates in 2011, we may encourage grad school, although she does have the whole bartending gig to fall back on. H has a Ph.D., and I have my masters, so I wouldn’t be surprised if either one of them eventually landed in grad school. Hopefully we’ve instilled the value of continuing education in both of them.</p>