<p>thanks for all the advice and feedback. Yes, Owlice, I’m really mainly interested in him paying the part of the EFC that will be as a result of ‘his’ earnings. Yes, he is working and buying most of his own food and ALL the fun stuff.</p>
<p>I have told him that I expect him to put 1/2 of income over 4K towards some school expense (he hasn’t crossed that threshhold yet). The easiest thing is to make him pay for books (easily 500+ per semester). </p>
<p>I know how much he’s earning because his paystubs come here, I don’t think he has saved any of it so far. He’s been working at the school gym and is going to get paid in July for all his work since may, we are hoping it will be with work study $$ he didn’t use during the school year. And he is also working retail. </p>
<p>This is one child who has not learned by how he lives, ie the example I set for him. I would say his attitude about $$ is 99% of our issues.</p>
<p>Who buys $60 jeans that he never wore, He spent so much $$ on clothes he never wore. I have a thousand dollars of stuff in his closet and he has lots of clothes at school. </p>
<p>Yes, I do have a few shirts in my closet I haven’t work yet. But I got them for <5 on the closeout rack. I’m just waiting till I need something new to wear before using them. </p>
<p>I set a good example and he blows it off. No I will not support him after college. He can join the military if he doesn’t get a job right after college (because he also knows I’m not paying for any graduate schools) and I will never cosign a loan for him, EVER.</p>