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Big financial commitments waning in economic downturn

Stephanie Gueldner stopped padding her 4-month-old son's college fund a couple months ago when New Yorkers' desire for flowers wilted with the economy and hit her Chelsea floral design business hard.

"We'd like to save for college right now but things are really tight," said the 32-year-old Windsor Terrace resident, whose in-laws started the fund when her son, Adler, was born.

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