Don't send you daughters too far away to college.

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Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:44:45 +0000

Sybbie, I shared this thread with my very realistic mother. In her opinion, many mothers just haven’t gotten it that we now live in a global world and that the chance a smart, empowered daughter is going to come back to the nest is a far cry from what it was a generation ago. Sorry for my honesty, but I see a lot of moms here who live through their children and are bound to be bitter which really is the only way I can describe backhandgrip’s posts. “I gave (time, money, whatever) she owes me” Can you really defend that?

Do you think your daughter owes it to you to come back home? I’ve followed your posts on the Dartmouth board. What if your daughter falls in love with some from the opposit side of the Country? What if she wants grad school in Europe? Are you not expecting this of a Dartmouth girl?