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My Parents Want my Graduation Money
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My Parents Want my Graduation Money

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June 4, 2025 | 00:12:13 | Leisure

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graduates are going to be walking their graduation. I know that yesterday I got to shout out Jamie Reynolds, our good friend, Dr. Reynolds.

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Oh, what's up, Dr. Reynolds?

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His son graduated with honors in South Lyon, so that was awesome

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yesterday. So congratulations.

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Congrats, Walker. Walker is a superstar. By the way, Dr. Reynolds sent us a video in a group chat last night. And in the video, it shows Walker and all the awards he was winning, they literally were reading all of his awards for like 10 minutes during this thing. That's how great of a kid this kid is. And he's going on to University of Michigan. Grad parties are a big deal. And I don't know if you guys remember this, but I was recalling when I got through high school and graduated in high school, I had a grad party. My graduation party that I had, I know exactly the amount of money that I made. I made $3,000. $67 at my high school graduation.

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Crap.

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I think everybody felt sorry for me because, you know, I graduated in my, I was living with my sisters at the time. My sisters threw me the grad party. Yeah. So people were kind of, it was almost like I was one of Jerry's kids or something like that. And they basically were giving me all kinds of money and stuff. But do you guys, did you guys have a grad party? Did you make money?

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I did. I made, I think I made like 2,600 bucks. And I remember that I used the money to buy a brand new Dell laptop to college with me.

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That was my, I'm thinking of the Dell little thing. You know that noise, right? The startup song.

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Yeah, that was my big purchase with my graduation party money.

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Bruh. So I was the last grab party of all my summer friends. And I think the day that I had my grab party, there were like six or seven other parties that day. And that was the final stop. So in the morning or like in the early part of the evening, we threw it at my grandfather's house. Big shout out, Grandpa Council, rest in peace. Banger. Probably the biggest house that we had of anybody in our family at the time. Backyard on Swole. All the people were back there. I think we had DJ Reggie Ridge, which was like a homie DJ. Reggie Ridge, who used to work at JLB? I don't think. Not that Reggie Ridge. This is like, man. This is your discount Reggie Ridge. Oh, all right. We had the 10-up, Catfish, going. It was a banger, bro. I don't know how much money I got.

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Was it enough? Was it enough for helping you with going to college and stuff?

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I went to Specs Hour, so I didn't go to, like, a four-year university. So I didn't really need, like, a crazy amount of money. It helped. I don't even know how much I had or what I spent it on.

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Do you remember, Mojo, opening up envelope after envelope and just the 20, another 20, another 20?

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I remember sitting in my mom's living room and being like, this is the best.

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I'm right. I got checks, which I had to open a bank account. It was my first time I had a bank account. But I got checks from, like, family members. Yeah. And I had to, like, look at it and go, how much is this thing worth? But you know what I used? You talked about Specs Howard. I used my money to go to Columbia College.

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Yeah.

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And for my first radio classes is what I paid. They had a radio class for like $700 to do it. And that's what got me.

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into this career was my high school graduation money. Here's something interesting though. I'm having a conversation with Luke and we're talking about high school graduations because we got a ton of relatives and friends and stuff like that that are graduating. And, um, Luke was telling me about one of the kids that he graduated with from Notre Dame prep and his parents took their graduation money from the kid. And I wanted to ask this as a question, if the parents are paying for the college are there any parents that ever take the money from the kid to help use towards your payment of the school tuition because one of luke's friends parents took the graduation money from him to use it to help him pay for his college or to help them pay for the uh the college would you be pissed if your parents took your graduation money i think initially my first

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reaction is to shannon's point that's no fun like i feel pissed yeah but at the same time that's what for, right? To help you in your future. So I can see why a parent would utilize it for the tuition. See, to me

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it's always to... Yeah, for sure. I feel like if a student is paying for it, that's like a really good thing. But to me it was always you get to use it for something to bring to college with you. That was always my thought. Like to buy

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your... Like you did a laptop. Yeah. Like something like that. A little mini refrigerator for the farm room. Yeah, stuff like that.

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I don't know. You don't want the kid to blow it. That's what the parent, you know,

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what they're trying to prevent. Bush beard

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to put in the refrigerator yeah i guess i i don't know it's still no fun i still maintain my point

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it's no fun my favorite was when luke went away to michigan state he calls me up and he goes dad did you know that bush beer is really inexpensive that's insane i'm like that's because it's pee

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water son didn't luke take some cash with him from his grad party because i feel like i remember him calling you in the middle of the first semester and going it's gone so here's what we did joe

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had the grad party and he got money from his graduation the other two boys negotiated with chelsea and that's right that's right and they negotiated how much the grad party would have cost like how much it cost joe and we just gave them the money so smart luke went through all

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that and like no time flat but i think if you do get a bunch of money in cars and you have that moment maybe go by like they say the 80 20 rule like maybe use 80 on school 20 to have a good summer with or blow or whatever the fact is so you can have a little fun but also put money away

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for your future well i always think that the other thing too is that you're going to need it a lot once you go away and if you don't and this is the thing i screwed up with uh joe jacob and luke i didn't tell them how long a semester of of uh hanging out is because they they think all of a sudden that they've got now four thousand dollars in a bank account that that four thousand dollars is going to last them they don't understand how fast that four thousand dollars goes away when it's on my debit card, on my debit card, on my debit card. 844-MOJO-LIVE, 844-665-6548 is our telephone number. What's going on? Initial A, how are you?

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Hi, good. How are you?

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Good. You're being voices, guys. What's up?

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So about the graduation money comment. Back in 2013, my best friend got quite a bit of money for graduation, and her mom didn't tell her, but she went and took the money and got a boot job with it. Oh my gosh, stop. The mom? Yeah.

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Wow. That's horrible. That's unreal.

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Isn't it? I know. So she was going to expect all of this money, go to college, and then didn't have anything.

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Wow. I'd be so mad if I was one of the people that went to that graduation party and gave that graduate a card, intending for it to be used for something. or not a boob job, right?

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Let me ask you this though, Shannon. What would you do if you gave money to a kid for their graduation and the kid used the money for a boob job? Would that be a bother of you? Or would you be less upset by that?

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I'm thinking, because it's probably something I think I'd be wrong. It's probably something what? I don't know. I know people who did that.

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I wonder how many people have ever done that. That would be interesting to see.

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I know two people who did that.

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Really?

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Well, they used it. Not their parents. They used it for not anything related to school.

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It is your money. Hey, what's going on, Angelica? It's Mojo in the Morning.

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Hi, it's Angela. How are you guys? Good morning. What's up?

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I mispronounced. Angela, what's up?

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Oh, nothing. I just wanted to see my daughter graduated last year. Yay! Congratulations. She's at Wayne State now. Woo-hoo! Congrats. But no, her dad and grandma insisted they give her her own graduation party, so she had two separate ones, came out with about $6,000 between the two of us.

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Oh, my God.

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Yeah, so I, of course, you know, I said, well, you know what? You can buy your stuff for your dorm, and then you put the rest in savings. And that's what she did. So she has her money. You're a good mom. She paid for her dorm stuff, her fridge, that kind of thing. Other than that, I'm paying for coffee. so she's good girl what a great mom congrats to you on that yeah uh what's going on lindsey hi how are you hi good morning good morning not like that good mom there but what did your mom do

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so my parents separated my senior year and when it came time for my graduation party i didn't get to walk with my class i still graduated i didn't get to walk but because of that she took all of my money oh my gosh i i didn't get to open a card or anything she took everything and it was

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what she said was because you didn't get to walk yeah that's exactly why or she's a thief and she

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stole your graduation money that could be too she's shy steve what was the reason why you didn't get to walk was it like a punishment is that why she took it oh i didn't get to walk because i had

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so many absences my senior year now mind you i i graduated with a 3.1 okay and i had scholarships so i had i was ready to go i just didn't get to walk with my class lindsey because i had did you

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think that your mom's dad's divorce played a part in your mom keeping the money oh absolutely i did

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because my dad paid for um all of the food and everything for the party and she still let the

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party happened but took all of the money wow that's crazy that's worse than mom going to get a boob job she's just taking it what's going on lacy hi good morning guys how are you good

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what's happening good so my daughter graduates next year but when she was three weeks old i opened up a savings account like in both of our names and every year i put in or sorry every month i put in 25 a paycheck it automatically just comes out so when she graduates next year she'll have over ten thousand dollars that is so great shout out to me by the way the michigan education savings

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for it truly is the best quick question for you lacy what would you do if your daughter took that twenty five dollars a paycheck ten thousand dollars and went and brought it to dr michael

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gray and said give me some boobies 445 cc's half under the muscle she would be the one who's like

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i want to get these things taken off she hates big boobs but okay um yeah so anyways but that's just like that will be her graduation gift that's not like for her to use that's for her to use when she goes away to college but like i've also had an education fund on the side where that will help pay for her education but i know shout out to like all the moms who single moms who do whatever they can to give their kids like the best, right? Yeah, absolutely. $25, it does nothing.

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Nice job, Lacey. That's awesome. Rachel, what's up? It's Mojo in the morning.

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Hi, good morning. Good morning. So I was calling my friend. She actually, a little different than graduation, but she had enrolled into the Navy and had a going away party. And so, of course, you know, tons of people. She got thousands of dollars and she backed out last minute and didn't go.

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Yeah.

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She actually ended up returning the money to the people. Oh, what?

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Wow.

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Yeah, she had a few grand that she pocketed.

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So they were giving her the money as a, you know, thank you for going and serving our country. She decided not to do it. So did somebody tell her that she had to give the money back?

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Yeah, we were 18 at the time. So after a month or two went by, her mom forced her to give the money back.

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I think that that's okay. Like, I think, you know, as a, you know, if you're not going to do it, unless, what did she end up doing instead of going to the neighbor?

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She worked at a bar for a few years.

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Yeah, I mean, okay. I mean, come on. No, you know, I mean. If she took a class or two. I mean, maybe. I mean, at least community college. Maybe bartending class. I don't know.

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