<p>Part of what keeps us entertained here are all the different types of folks who participate in these discussions. Some amuse, some annoy, and some do both.</p>
<p>So, I thought it would be fun to list all the different Archetypes that populate CC.</p>
<p>I’ll start with:</p>
<p>Service Academy Zealot:</p>
<p>Thinks the service academies are the greatest thing since sliced bread and always suggests that any smart kid who is an athlete should go to one. Thinks Midshipmen and Cadets can leap tall buildings in a single bound while doing quadratic equations in their head.</p>
<p>“Parent With No Life”
“Kid is in college, next kid not ready for a couple of years, parent still on CC daily.”</p>
<p>Sigh…I confess, this is me. But in my defense, this is my timekiller while being held hostage by contractors rebuilding my upstairs bathroom. Nothing like coming home after dropping your kid at college to find a pipe break has destroyed the floor of two upstairs rooms and the ceilings of three downstairs rooms.</p>
<p>Plus, I just enjoy the heck out of you people.</p>
<p>This species knows that we can come here to find out that ours is not the only son who: stopped writing all fifth-grade essays in mid-sentence as soon as he reached the minimum word count, spoke only in grunts for the last two years of high school and communicates from college only by means of the Away Messages on AIM. </p>
<p>Parents Who Had So Much Fun With Their Own Kid’s College Search/Application/Selection That They Now Feed Their Addiction By Inflicting Themselves Upon Others. </p>
<p>Otherwise abbreviated as PWHSMFWTOKCSASTTNFTABITUO. Pronounced “mangrove throat-warbler.” (You may think of the rendering as a degenerate cross between Welsh and Finnish.)</p>
<p>Btw, I really have sympathies for the We Are Not Alone Mothers of Sons. Would have driven me stark staring bonkers to go through years of grunting.</p>
<p>Didn’t discover CC until youngest was a freshman in college–so now making up for lost time. Best bunch of people I’ve seen on a message board. I’ve lurked on a few other boards and was never even tempted to post.</p>
<p>Now that I’ve lost the connection with local schools and those parents–you guys are stuck with me ;).</p>
<p>Parents Who Had So Much Fun With Their Own Kid’s College Search/Application/Selection That They Now Feed Their Addiction By Inflicting Themselves Upon Others. </p>
<p>As if anyone doubted it, this is me , too.;)</p>
<p>But I also fit the sub-category of : </p>
<p>Parents Who Say They are Leaving But For Some Heretofore Unknown Character Flaw Don’t Ever Seem To Actually Go Anywhere.</p>
<p>Curmudgeon - don’t start searching for hidden character flaws.
Although it probably violates all 12-step programs, I think mkm56 has given all of us addicts the acceptable rationale for why we are still here. That, and our giving nature, which spurs us to continually Inflict Ourselves Upon Others (credit to TheDad). I will fit most of the categories defined here, I am quite sure. So far, I make the grade for all but Service Academy Zealot. And I checked; I don’t resemble the picture. But, hey, I think LFWB dad <em>owns</em> that category, anyway.</p>
<p>Looks like I’m a double archetype – parent w/ no life and mother of sons. I discovered CC after we had sent in registration deposit last April, so I guess I’ve never used it as intended.</p>
<p>In my defense, this message board offers a lot more interesting info than just college admit stuff. To wit, skunky carpets, political opinions, news updates and car evals.</p>
<p>Count me in on the We-Are-Not-Alone-Mothers-of-Sons and Parent-with-No-Life groups. Also, the Stay-at-Home-Moms-Dying-for-Intelligent-Conversation (even if it is in the cyber world!) team.</p>
<p>I also credit CC for forcing me to write in complete sentences again. ;)</p>
<p>Parents Whose Every Post is a 600-Word Essay (aka PWEP6WE)</p>
<p>I admit that this is one of my nits. But part of the beauty of a message board is to be smart, witty, and to-the-point. Clearly, not everyone else agrees with that aesthetic.</p>
<p>I am definitely a ‘PWNL’. I’m also a ‘Parent Trying to Get Enthused About College Search for Second Child’</p>
<p>LOL to the Parent’s Who Have One Only Verified/Verifiable Data Point BUT Are Very Willing To Make Sweeping Generalizations Anyway.</p>
<p>Dang time out feature . Add me to another group - “Parents Who Are So Bad At Proof Reading The Time Out Edit Feature Makes Us Look Illiterate”. “Only One” Data Point, not One Only. Sheez.</p>
<p>Well…I’m in the group of “Parents Who Automatically Open a Window for Dictionary.com As Soon As They Get On CC.” But hey…at least my vocabulary is growing and my typing skills are improving. :-)</p>
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