Thanks for your kind words. I wish I had gone onto university but hindsight is 20/20, I’ve still done very well without it but if I have children they will be going for sure!
I’ve always thought I was lucky my s/o went to uni and so could bring a good income into the family. I didn’t realise until after I’d decided to finish my education at college just how many decent jobs want a degree minimum, or would choose the applicant with a degree over the one without! We’ve always talked to our kids about the importance of making these choices. It’s not always right to go to uni, but it can be very useful for a lot of career paths.
I’ve had trust funds for my kids which I started since they were born. Just putting a small amount away each month but it really adds up with the interest. They’ll get it when they’re 18 and it’ll help them to go to university or buy a car/flat. But the Radfords could never do that! It’d be way too expensive to put any decent amount away for each kid, or provide them with any financial help.
They’ll run out of names soon or it’ll end up being version 2.0 of whoever they have forgotten about
They already have Millie and Tillie, Caspar and Oscar, wouldn’t be out of character to have similar names for their kids!