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    Chapter 22 – Thanksgiving Week

    Tina: I feel the same way. Housing and living expenses are far higher today than they were when we were in school. Tuition is has grown astronomically.  So, the full boat scholarship today is mostly tuition. Living expenses are slim to none as a portion of the scholarship. It’s almost like students are expected to live at home or in the athletic dorms or have a boat load of cash to go to college.

    Bette: That is becoming more and more obvious. So, what can we do?

    Tina: Let’s think about it. We are going to supply Angie with a home off campus. Now we are prepared to absorb the financial burden of that house if Angie has two roommates or if she ended up with no roommates.

    Bette: Right. So, if we have Suzanne as one of the roommates without rent, then we would be helping Suzanne out and perhaps she could use some of her housing money and the money she earns from her jobs for extras? That genius Tina.

    Tina:  I think we would need to require that Suzanne makes a contribution to the food budget and maybe a nominal amount to the utilities.

    Bette: Suppose we just give her a discounted monthly rental which would cover everything. Just not tell her what we are basing the rate on. Yeah, I’d like to do this for her. But I get this feeling that we would be doing something that we cautioned Angie not to do.

    Tina: Yeah, in a way we are. We told her to be cautious of Suzanne using her as a resource for steady funds. I did tell her that it was okay to do something nice for her once in a while but that be careful that it becomes a habit or that she become dependent. And here we are plotting to make her dependent on our generosity to make her college life easier. The difference is that we are instigating the transaction here. I doubt Suzanne has a clue that we are even discussing her.

    Bette: And what about Angie? How do you think Angie is going to feel about this?

    Tina: Have we actually made up our mind what it is we are going to do?

    Comments

    1. Great solution for helping Suzanne. I also like the various positive ways for her to repay the loan. Maybe 10 years down the road as she repays the loan it gets distributed again. When she has paid it off they can tell her the truth and they all can create an on going scholarship for deserving Yalie with B & T millions!!!!

      So, get writing those 10+ years.

      Thanks, I love your work!

    2. You do realize that Suzanne’s solution originated with the investigation of Melvin Porter? Its one of the things that I admire about Bette. She absorbs the nuggets of wisdom which appear from various sources. I do like the fact that Bette and Tina want to help Suzanne but do not want Suzanne to be aware of where this help is coming from. And with this solution, neither Angie nor Suzanne will be in a position of being obligated to the other. If for some reason, their friendship sours, Suzanne will keep her support. And if anything should happen that Bette and Tina do not survive until Suzanne finishes her education, the money will still be there to assist her.

      I like Suzanne as a friend for Angie… I like that she has red hair and is studious like Angie and perhaps a little more so. Do not look for any romance ever between Angie and Suzanne… that is just not in the cards and it would be a disaster for both of them.

      Thank you for reading and commenting… I appreciate you pointing out Suzanne’s solution.

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