My cover is blown

somemom
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:37:45 +0000

MY kids have no interest in reading or posting online, but when D1 was in HS I discovered one of her close friends on the board- the old PR one- because he used a family name in the screen name and I knew the family well. I was very careful to not post for a few months and tried to avoid being recognised.

In general I tend to mix example experiences a bit in some postings, esp about friends, so that they would not quite be recognisable to any one actually involved- similar on the key points, but enough different so the person would not be sure it was them

On this board, my kids appreciate what I have learned and one DD is not all embarrassed by it. As a freshman we figured out a girl in her dorm posted here and I met her.

Same DD has a merit award that ends up with tons of question postings on the board for that school. Since she worked in the scholarship office for several years and processed the scholarships, she is kind enough to give me the answers to post when kids are going crazy trying to figure out how it works