Pictured here are a mother and her son. What's happening in this photo? Have they just received horrible news about a family member? Are they watching Joaquin Phoenix's Letterman interview, or Hugh Jackman's opening number at the Oscars? Or is it something far more sinister?
Give up? They're just trying to figure out college financial aid forms. Something to look forward to when the kids grow up.
I must admit that I did not at all appreciate what my mother had to deal with financially when I went to college. Unless you have a dump truck full of money lying around, it's not that easy to just write a check and forget about it. With college costs going up and up and up, and our savings going down down down, filling out those forms is something that we all might have to do when the time comes.
Source: NY Times
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