oh sorry peeps.. all hell just broke lose here, while I was out getting DS Bella woke and realised it wasn't me next to her, it was DF .. got me a velcro baby..

Ok, my personal opinion.. I think that if the child is good enough they will do well no matter what school they go to. I also don't believe in paying for education on credit.

My current situation is pretty dire, it's a day I knew would come round and have been dreading.. My XH and his wife insisted that my DD attend a school 'where the base fees are $17k per year, now this doesn't include camps or other compulsory trips like the $6k one to Nepal next year. Nor does it include the laptop hire or the array of different uniforms +++++ need I go on.
I was not happy with this and tried to reason with XH. His response, I am paying for it and you needn't worry.. K, what if something happens and I end up with the kids and have to rip them out of a school we can't afford. Nor can they for that matter, I am fairly sure it is all on credit as I have seen their finances through a childsupport matter and it's not pretty.
To try and cut this short, XH and his wife have kicked DD out of their house after a fight because they think she is rude ... hello, what 14 yr old isn't rude. Well the total responsibility has fallen into my lap now. I am thinking that it is quite convenient as a few things that have happened of late are leading me to believe they are in massive financial difficulty.
DD is in hysterics about leaving her friends now. I have offered at least 4 other schools that we can afford to pay cash for. We have money in our house but in saying that DF and I left both our marriages with nothing 6 years ago and both started again and have worked so friggin hard to get to this point..
XH sent an e-mail to DD, cc'd to me, saying that she isn't allowed back home again and her school fees are due ( um today ) for the last term and that if I cared about her education I would pay them. He also said that he can't change the fact that I don't think that paying for a top school is worthwhile and basically tried to blackmail me into continuing the fees at the school.

Have I lost you yet???? going to run and make a cuppa, will be back again..