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Originally Posted by Tigerlilyselene  Sorry everyone I just need to vent...
So I'm 20 and as some of you may know, Mike and I have had a pretty rough time lately. Well I've decided to go to college. I finally figured I would have the time and would be able to get financial aid and everything. So I looked up the community college here, picked my classes I wanted to take, then I looked up financial aid. Well considering I'm still consider "dependent", I would need a parent signature. The only way I wouldn't need their signature is if I was "independent" which means I would need to be: Married, have a child, ward of the state, or in the military. Well as of right now I'm none of those and Mike and I aren't getting married until next summer and I wanted to start college before then.
So here's the part that made me so upset tonight I cried.
I called my dad earlier today and told him. He sounded a little happy and told me he would sign the papers for me. But the only thing is I need his and my mothers signature. So I called later tonight around 8 something and I asked my mom. She laughed at me. She just flat out laughed. She didn't believe that I wanted to go to college. She used to tell me I wasn't smart enough to go.
I really want to go to college and get more education. I'm just so upset that she wasn't even trying to be happy for me. She just laughed and thought it was a big joke. I honestly thought her and I were on good enough terms for me to ask for a stupid signature that would just determine that they can't pay for college and that I would be able to receive financial aid.
Again, sorry, had to vent..I'm so upset right now and unless the community college can do something, I can't go to college until after I'm married which is about a year away.  |
You can exclued one parents income. So if your dad is willing to sign then he can do the signing. Listen I had the same issues with my mom....I got the papers from my dad and forged her name...oh well. I wasn't asking for a loan with her as co-signer so I have no idea why she wanted to be nasty...just hateful. Mind you I was out on my own since I was 17.
Are your parents together ? Do they file seperately or jointly? If they file jointly as long as he gives you the papers your good to go.
You do what you have to do even if it means listening to her trash to get the paperwork you need. I too found that requirement disgusting. One way you can emancipate yourself from them if is you work and make more than $10k. Once you make above that they are really not supposed to claim you. You can still continue to receive medical and dental under them even if they don't claiim you as a dependent on their returns. You can pm me if you want to yak more about this. I have so been there and followed this path.
Sending you a big old hug.