{"id":16202,"date":"2026-05-08T09:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=16202"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:43:54","slug":"my-husband-chose-a-car-over-my-sons-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=16202","title":{"rendered":"My Husband Chose A Car Over My Son\u2019s College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was heartbroken after her husband refused to help pay her son Josh\u2019s community college tuition, saying, \u201cYour son\u2019s dad is a deadbeat, not my problem,\u201d while spending $25,000 on a luxury SUV for his own daughter, Sierra.<\/p>\n<p>Josh quietly accepted the disappointment and joined a welding apprenticeship instead. Later, Sierra got into trouble after a family friend let her drink and drive the new car, causing an accident and public humiliation for the family.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, the husband lost his job and needed financial help from his wife. She agreed\u2014but only if they went to counseling and he apologized to Josh for treating him unfairly. Therapy helped him realize he had favored his daughter while making Josh feel unwanted.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Josh succeeded on his own, earning scholarships and building a successful future through hard work and resilience. The family slowly healed, learning that love and fairness matter more than money or expensive gifts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A woman was heartbroken after her husband refused to help pay her son Josh\u2019s community college tuition, saying, \u201cYour son\u2019s dad is a deadbeat, not <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=16202\" title=\"My Husband Chose A Car Over My Son\u2019s College\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16204,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16202\/revisions\/16204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}