article_snippet: Rowan tells FEMAIL in Rowan own words why Rowan thinks Rowan made the right decision and explains how they haven't looked back since...
article_snippet: Rowan says: Every middle class Mum wants Rowan child to go to university and when Tom got a place to read German and Philosophy at Exeter
article_snippet: It was hard, boring, work and Tom was not the best employee, Tom tended to get bored easily or give up if things got difficult. '
article_snippet: Tom and I were in the backyard lighting the bbq when he told me that I didn't need to worry too much about finding another full timer: he was planning on giving up Uni and working for he full time. '
article_snippet: I knew he wasn't happy at Exeter, the course wasn't really
article_snippet: what he'd hoped, he was a bit older than he classmates (he'd done a gap year in Germany) and the next year would bring another year in Germany which he really didn't want to do. '
article_snippet: Tom absolutely hated leaving me to go to nursery and although Tom got on well at school and had a lovely girlfriend for years Tom was never one for going out and socialising much, Tom just always liked being at home. '
highlights_snippet: Her son Tom, 24, enjoyed working at South Street Coffee Shop in Isleworth, Middlesex so much
highlights_snippet: Her son Tom, 24 quit university .
  