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I am receiving increasing pressure from my mom to finish my degree. I had originally canned the idea because I was making 125,000/yr at the time, so didnt really see a need for it. However, my mom just got done her own degree from a degree mill and her womenly instinct are telling her she feels ashamed of having a non degreed son. Ironically I'm the second highest earner in the family, but that's completely irrelevant. Now if this was 30 years ago, then sure I could entertain the idea. However, coming from a background of it never coming up, it's really really hard to justify spending all this time and effort for a piece of paper that will do nothing for my life. I have my own business, I am getting multiple clients, I have a house, and God has blessed me in ways I never knew would be possible. However, in this case, is there even a point to getting a degree? She doesn't even care what the degree is in (she suggested General Studies), she just wants me to have a degree come hell or high water

I am receiving increasing pressure from my mom to finish my degree. I had originally canned the idea because I was making 125,000/yr at the time, so didnt really see a need for it. However, my mom just got done her own degree from a degree mill and her womenly instinct are telling her she feels ashamed of having a non degreed son. Ironically I'm the second highest earner in the family, but that's completely irrelevant. Now if this was 30 years ago, then sure I could entertain the idea. However, coming from a background of it never coming up, it's really really hard to justify spending all this time and effort for a piece of paper that will do nothing for my life. I have my own business, I am getting multiple clients, I have a house, and God has blessed me in ways I never knew would be possible. However, in this case, is there even a point to getting a degree? She doesn't even care what the degree is in (she suggested General Studies), she just wants me to have a degree come hell or high water

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No, don't waste your time. Just tell your mother to stop asking. Who cares what she thinks? She's like many older people who think college degrees still mean something. My parents feel the same way. They're deluded. Just ignore her or tell her no.