<p>Eggmom - Of course, I haven’t a clue on the eggson romance, but I think all HS romances should be required to end once kids go off to college. Not that there aren’t great relationships that go on, but on the whole, there is so much growing to do in college and I honestly think tethers need to be clipped at least for awhile anyway. I know lots of people who married their HS sweethearts, but in almost all cases that involved college, there was a break up and a reunion in there as well. So… while hard on one’s heart, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing to happen.</p>
<p>Son is taking this art class when he has already met the requirement over j-term and actually even his freshman seminar seemed to meet the needs. So… technically, he doesn’t “need” this class and I do wonder if taking this class will screw up his timing in taking classes for his major and still satisfying all the other requirements. However, I do know his AP credits give him a little room and he is really psyched about the class itself, which is a good thing.</p>
<p>By the way… does anyone who has a kid with a Jterm know when that grade is typically posted?</p>
<p>Modadunn…H and I were HS sweethearts but went away to different colleges about 5 hrs apart. Neither of us expected it to be a lasting relationship. We never did breakup but said we could see other people if we wanted to. It worked and we just celebrated 30 yrs of marriage. </p>
<p>Still have a bad cold. Yuck! D2 finally finished her scholarship app and will send it in today. Hooray!</p>
<p>Laundry – gotta admit I personally hate it. Used to hire a service to do mine until on pickup one day a very creepy guy was leering about my panties.
So by attrition, McSon always did his own laundry from a pretty early age (you know, walking! ) – and I must say more frequently than me. Only NOW am I glad I was so cruel and incompetent on the laundry front. Got an email notice from McSon’s blue bucks account that it was “runnng low.” During our weekly call I asked McSon what on earth he was mowing through bluebucks on. “Laundry,” he said. “Some people do it ; )”
So I go and look at the blue bucks account, which shows you where the money is being spend, and darned if he’s not telling the truth: It goes “laundry” “Starbucks” “laundry” “Starbucks.”
I appear to have grown some lucky gal a house husband.
Don’t get me wrong – I avoid his room while visiting b/c tidy is just not his thing. But apparently, laundry is.</p>
<p>NMN - you would be the exception that proves the rule… and as you say yourself, it wasn’t as if you couldn’t see other people if you had chosen to. I just think a lot of times, especially with cell phones, IChat and Skype… you could never involve yourself in college life! Glad it all worked out!</p>
<p>S has just about 21 pairs of boxers, so he says he goes through almost ALL his clothes before he does laundry. It is because of this that I am glad that I balanced his boxers between white and colored so if he only does some laundry, he still ends up with clean underwear!</p>
<p>Have you tried the color catcher sheets? If you use those, you can allegedly wash colors and whites together. I bought some for washing D’s cheer uniform, which is black and blue and red.</p>
<p>Missy - I imagine there is very little effort put towards separating his clothes and is why I got him the 10 pack of white t-shirts for christmas. Not a great gift, but better than gray undershirts.</p>
<p>NMN - new thread on girls and DI sports. I was thinking you’d be a very relevant voice to the discussion.</p>
<p>eggmom, sorry to hear about GF troubles. I’d guess that unlike NMN, most HS relationships break up when kids go to college and a) are apart; and b) grow in to different people.</p>
<p>I’m pretty confident that the bag of laundry Dropps I so carefully purchased has not been opened, but towels were washed over Christmas break and all of the clothes over Thanksgiving and Christmas. Not clear about the sheets. Much earlier in the year, I guessed that the only way sheets would get washed was if there was a GF who insisted that she wouldn’t sleep in sheets that hadn’t been washed since September. Even then, he’d probably suggest they go to her room. And, there’s no GF in sight so I don’t think the sheets have seen the light of the washing machine. Hey, once a year if they need it or not.</p>
<p>The son of one of my good friends came home at Thanksgiving with 90+ pair of white briefs to be washed. Told his mom it was quicker and cheap enough to just buy another multi-pack at WalMart rather than wash. Hadn’t really thought about the rest of his laundry; maybe there’s a reason his mom didn’t mention it.</p>
<p>Does anyone else feel like this year is flying by. DDs will register for fall term in March and be home mid May. How is it possible? Also due to AP credits, TwinE is now officially a Sophomore. Crimony how did it go so fast when the whole search and application process took years?</p>
<p>My girls wash clothes and towels and since they got the gross out lecture from their dad and me over Christmas even the spare set of sheets has been used and laundered and used again!</p>
<p>ignatius – too funny. I still remember encountering some college freshman boys in the laundry aisle of our Safeway (right next to the college) a few years ago, looking completely horrified at all of the laundry products. They looked at me, decided I was a safe mom-type, and asked what they should buy. This was in late October. School starts in mid-August. Ooookay…</p>
<p>D complained all through middle school that she was the ONLY person she knew who had to do their own laundry and ironing. Now she’s complaining that she can’t believe that all these kids show up to college with NO IDEA how to do laundry. </p>
<p>I guess being the meanest mom might not have been so bad after all.</p>
<p>Thanks Moda. Just saw the thread.
D1 and D2 are laundry freaks…wash weekly at school and even bring home duvet covers and blankets to be washed on holidays. D2 even took down her curtains to be washed over Christmas break! They rarely use the dryer, however. They each have a great drying rack from IKEA …especially for jeans, tiny little tops and VS bras!
arabab…I thought I was the meanest laundry mom! ;)</p>
<p>Laundry is one of the few things S actually excells at. Laundry is “free” at school- i.e., included in fees. So he is regularly doing his clothes. Ironing I’m not sure about. D and laundry- well. Let’s just not go there. </p>
<p>Her sorority has a date function in a few weeks so now she must find a date. I never knew how much of a traumatic experience this would be! I think there is a certain boy she “likes” but is fearful of asking. So we’ll see how this turns out.</p>
<p>I sent D to college with a box of those Shout color catchers. I use them myself when I have, say, a new pair of blue jeans which I think are likely to shed their color. They work! She has been pleased with the 3-in-1 laundry sheets as well. She wouldn’t be opposed to having separate softener and dryer sheets, but these take up so much less room that she’s grateful for the convenience. Ignatius, your story of the undies was hysterical (and somewhat alarming),</p>
<p>sabarary, the nice thing about a date function is your D has to ask somebody so great excuse to approach that guy she has her eye on. If that seems too difficult for her, I assume there is a frat that pals around with her sorority–at least I believe they all sort of match up. Anyway, a large number of the guys in that corresponding frat are probably expected to get invites from the girls in her sorority, so she would be doing the guy she invites a favor so he doesn’t look left out to his frat buds. </p>
<p>I would love all that drama. My boys are a huge disappointment in the dating vicariously department. They hang out with girls, but nobody special and never even a hint of drama involved.</p>
<p>Dating vicariously- what a great concept. D has always had a huge group of male friends that she hangs out with- but like your sons, nobody special and never any drama. I think it goes with engineering. </p>
<p>They had a “mixer” with a fraternity but no mention of anyone exciting. Boys’ bid night was this past weekend and I think she may have had enough fraternity excitement for a while. Who knows. As she has pointedly told me, she’ll work it out. Translation: butt out, Mom!</p>
<p>I made the mistake once of asking S1 to have a cup of coffee with a girl whose mom was posting on cc that her daughter was having trouble connecting with anybody. Boy, did S1 blow up at me on that one. I just thought it would be a nice gesture since he does know a lot of people and could introduce her around to a few groups. He did it, after I insisted, but he made me promise to never, ever commit such a faux pas again.</p>
<p>TheAnalyst, I’d love to know the personality type of the person who would be receptive to such a parental suggestion. They’ve got to be out there somewhere, but all three of my kids have very distinct personalities but none of them would agree to do something like that…If Mom likes someone or suggests that they meet someone, it’s the kiss of death.</p>
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