<p>Quack … I won’t tell.</p>
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<p>Not me! Eighteen-ish years ago I turned in the final draft of my PhD thesis at 4:45pm (just beating the 5pm on last-day-of-term deadline) and went into labor that night. So I went straight from no-life-because-of-grad-school to parenthood. :p</p>
<p>Still to Launch:
9/18 Mom2jl’s S, Texaspg D
9/20 SteveC’s S, pcaz’s S, GeminiMom’s D1
9/23 UChiMom’s D, Mom60’s D</p>
<p>ALREADY LAUNCHED!
7/15 huxleyalum S1
8/08 weatherga’s D
8/10 MemphisGuy’s S
8/11 vlines’s S, TX12DanceMom’s D, RTRMom2’s S
8/12 momophony’s S, DctMom73’s D
8/14 Debbie7452’s D, Lilmom’s D, GoIrish2013 S
8/15 ReneeD7’s D, familyof3boys’ S, woody35’s D, MeteorMom’s S, geogirl’s S, hsmom2dncrs’ S, ready2bdone’s D, Elkyes’ S, katie93mom’s D
8/16 jackief’2 D, psychmomma’s D, mequonmom’s D, irishmary203’s D
8/17 Oldfort’s D2, michal1’s D, Chrissyblu’s D, Tebow1’s D, 911C2S’s S, gaelicbred’s D, JGCMom’s S
8/18 annasdad’s D, MizzBee’s S, Rushedmom’s D, soh2000’s D, bubmom’s D, TNVandymom’s S, ENsMom’s D
8/19 kleibo’s S, mspearl’s D, nervousnellie1’s S, PinotNoir’s S
8/20 jmnva06’s D, showmom858’s D, Buttercup1735’s D, Bucasmom’s S
8/21 college_query’s S, momsings S, stressed56’s D, allboyz’ S
8/22 Mom2M’s D, kc1214mom’s D, Sunshinestatemom’s D, WalkingTessie’s D, Itsthatime’s S, student2D’s S, ohiobassmom’s S, StantonMom’s S, Intouch1520’s D
8/23 eyemamom’s S, Lakemom’s S, PNWedwonk’s S, 1012mom’s D, hawkeyes55’s S, SnowflakeVT’s S, MomOf3Stars’ D, dwhite’s S, Partyoffour’s D
8/24 mimk6’s S, MommyMommy’s D, IJustDrive’s D, The3bears’ D, tozubri’s D, tozubri’s S-2, CaliMom3’s D, MidniteMom’s S, laserp’s S, CIEE83’s D
8/25 MathinOKC’s D; Mom0809’s S; pacnwmomof2’s S, seiclan’s S, JenPam’s S, KarGaro’s D, EmptyingNest’s D
8/26 marciemi’s S, kathieh1’s D, disneygals’ D, notakid’s D, MaCappella’s D, Lark123’s D, 2016BarnardMom’s D, JenPam’s D, psychmom’s S
8/27 Glido’s D, maidenMom’s D, student4ever’s S, talaria’s D
8/28 rerunagain’s S, chemusic’s S
8/29 downtoearth’s D, megan12’s S, tozubri’s S-1, bhmamacita’s D
8/30 Gwen Fairfax’ D, glopop11’s D
8/31 elka67’s S, Swimmomonthego’s S
9/01 jaylynn’s D, saintfan’s D, giterdone’s D, Mary13’s D, MAOnemom’s D
9/12 northernwoods S</p>
<p>1012mom’s D - Tufts University
2016BarnardMom’s D - Barnard College
5boys’ S - St. Lawrence University
911C2S - Bucknell University
absweetmarie’s D - Kalamazoo College
amtc’s D - Knox College
Angry Dad’s D - U of Chicago
annasdad’s D - Truman State University
AnotherFSUdad’s D - U of Alabama Honors College
bbarty - Macalester
BeeZeeMom’s S - U of California at San Diego
bhmamacita’s D - Wesleyan University
BluePoodle’s D - Case Western Reserve University
BobWallace’s D - Agnes Scott College
Bubmom’s D - American University
Bucasmom’s S - U of Connecticut
Buttercup1735’s D - Pepperdine
Cal1983’s S - William & Mary
CaliMom3’s D - Georgetown University
CalmlyiChaotic’s D - Sewanee, The University of the South
Chardo’s S - U of Alabama
cheekymonkey’s S - Tufts
chemusic’s S - Vassar College
Chrissyblu’s D - UC Berkeley
CIEE83’s D - Yale
cindymoose’s Twin A - MIT
collconf01’s D - Kenyon College
college<em>query’s S - Bowdoin College
commasplice’s S - Columbia University
Cortana431 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
CPUscientist3000 - Harvard
Creekland’s S - U of Rochester
DctMom73’s D - Oklahoma State University
Debbie7452’s D - Texas A&M
dentmom4’s D - Kalamazoo College
disneygals’ D - Adelphi
downtoearth’s D - Northeastern
dwhite’s D - Wake Forest
Elka67’s S - Rutgers
ELKyes’ S - College of Charleston Honors
EmptyingNest’s D - Kenyon
ENsMom’s D - McGill University
Everythingbut’s S - Lafayette
eyeamamom’s S - U of Rochester
familyof3boys’ S - Hiram
fiddlinmom’s S - College of Wooster
forthree’s D - Case Western
fourkidsmom’s D - NYU Tisch
fredricksdottir’s S - U of Chicago
gaelicbred’s D - Kenyon
GeminiMom’s D1 - Northwestern
GeminiMom’s D2 - Cornell
geogirl1’s S - U of Miami
giterdone’s D - U of St Thomas
Glido’s D – Wellesley
glopop11’s D – Landmark College
GoIrish2013’s S - Indiana U
Gourmetmom’s S - Harvard
gradygrad’s D - NYU
Gwen Fairfax’s D - The Hartt School (@ Univ of Hartford)
hawkeyes55’s S - Temple University
Highbury’s D - U of Chicago
hookedondwd S - Rochester Institute of Technology
hsmom2dncrs’ S - U of Notre Dame
hutch14’s D - Carleton
HuxleyAlum’s S1 - Rose-Hulman
HuxleyAlum’s S2 - Knox College
IJustDrive’s D - Yale University
Illyria’s D - St. Mary’s College of MD
intouch1520’s D - Syracuse University
irishmary203’s D - U of Notre Dame
Itsthatime’s S - Columbia University
jackief’s D - Case Western Reserve University
jasper44’s D - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jaylynn’s D - University of San Diego
JenPam’s D - U of Maryland
JenPam’s S - U of Maryland
JGCMom’s S - U of Central Florida
jmnva06’s D - Beloit
jupiter1’s S - U of Chicago
Kandjad’s D - U of Alabama
KareninCA’s D - Lewis and Clark
KarGaro’s D - Towson University
kathieh1’s D – Pomona
katie93mom’s D – Southern Methodist University
kc1214mom’s D - Syracuse
Kleibo’s S - Carnegie Mellon
kttmom’s S - William & Mary
Lakemom’s S - University of Rochester
Lark123’s D - Pomona
laserp’s S - Georgetown
lilmom’s D - Morehead State
lillypod’s S - Amherst
linnylu’s D - U of Alabama
lisabees’ S - Oberlin
lovemykids2’s S - U of Alabama
MaCappella’s D - Amherst
maidenMom’s D - Wellesley
MAOnemom’s D - Princeton
marciemi’s S - MIT
Mary13’s D - U of St Thomas
MASSMOM1’s D - Purdue
mathinokc’s D - Olin
megan12’s S - Haverford
MemphisGuy’s S - U of Alabama
mequonmom’s D - Rollins College
MeteorMom’s S - Univ of Miami
MidniteMom’s S - Yale
MidwestMom2Kids</em>’ S - U of Mississippi
mihcal1’s D - UC Berkeley
mimk6’s S - Yale
Missread’s D - U of Alabama
MizzBee’s S - Wabash
Mom0809’s S - Sewanee, The University of the South
Mom2jl’s S - Stanford
Mom2M’s D - USC
Mom60’s D - UC Davis
MomfromTN’s D – Pitzer College
MommyMommy’s D - U of Vermont
momof2inma’s S – Tufts
MomOf3Stars’ D – The University of the Arts
Momsie’s D - NYU Florence
momsings’ S - Chapman University
mother<em>of</em>perl’s T1 - Yale
mother<em>of</em>perl’s T2 - MIT
mspearl’s D - Ohio State
Mutti2012’s S - U of Chicago
NDSmom’s S - U of Alabama
nearandfar’s S - University of Notre Dame
nervousnellie1’s S - Ohio State
newtothismom’s D - Bryant University
NJMom23s’s S - Cornell
nly2012’s S - Lewis and Clark
northernwoods’ S - Northwestern
notakid’s D - Barnard
NWMom2’s D - Case Western Reserve University
ohiobassmom’s S - Capital University (conservatory of music)
ohksaj04’s D - Denison
oldfort’s D - Cornell
pacnwmomof2’s S - Colorado College
pamayawaa’s D - WUSTL
partyoffour’s D1 - Denison
pathways D - Umass Lowell
pcaz’ S - Northwestern Univ
performersmom’s D - Yale
pghmomof2’s S - University of Oklahoma
PinotNoir’s S - U of Rochester
PNWedwonk’s S - U of Rochester
PRJ’s D - NYU
Proudmama3’s S - U of Alabama
psychmom’s S - NYU
Psychmomma’s D - Southern Illinois University
pullinghair’s D - Duke
rayrick’s D - Olin
ready2bdone’s D - Dartmouth College
ReneeD7’s D - Tulane
rerunagain’s S - Swarthmore
rescue23’s D - Willamette University
rushedmom’s D - Texas A&M
S2012d2017’s S - Davidson
Sactonative’s S - U of Alabama
saintfan’s D - St Olaf
sbjdorlo’s S - MIT
seiclan’s S - Emory
sewhappy’s D - Princeton
shootingsilver - U of Chicago
showmom858’s D - FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology)
skibum4’s S - MIT
Sniner D - U of Alabama
Snowdog’s D - USC
SnowflakeVT’s S - St. Lawrence U
SoClose’s S - Bryant University
soh2000’s D - UNC - Chapel Hill
solat10’s D - U of Alabama
StantonMom’s S - Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (Film School)
SteveC’s S - Northwestern University
stressed56’s D - College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
student4ever’s S - Harvard
sujormik’s D - Northeastern University
sunmachine’s S2 - Willamette
Sunshinestatemom’s D - Florida State University
Swimmomonthego’s S - Loyola University, Maryland
talaria’s D - Univ of Pennsylvania
Tebow1’s D - Univ of Notre Dame
Texaspg’s D - Stanford
The3bears’ D - Yale
TNVandymom’s S - Vanderbilt
tozubri’s D - Franklin & Marshall
tozubri’s S1 - RIT
tozubri’s S2 - U of New Hampshire
UChiMom’s D - University of Chicago
vlines’ S - U of Alabama
WalkingTessie’s D - Syracuse University
wdaveo’s S - U of Alabama
weatherga’s D - U of Georgia
Woody35’s D - Earlham College
WordWorld’s S - UC Santa Barbara
xxjcat’s - U of Alabama
Yalemom16’s S - Yale
ypcccu’s S - Princeton</p>
<p>COLLEGES ATTENDING:</p>
<p>Adelphi - disneygals’ D
Agnes Scott College - BobWallace’s D
American University - bubmom’s D
Amherst - MaCappella’s D, lillypod’s S
Barnard - notakid’s D, 2016BarnardMom’s D
Beloit - jmnva06’s D
Bowdoin - college<em>query’s S
Bryant University - newtothismom’s D, SoClose’s S
Bucknell - 911C2S
Capital University (conservatory of music) - ohiobassmom’s S
Carleton - hutch14’s D
Carnegie Mellon - Kleibo’s S
Case Western Reserve University - BluePoodle’s D, forthree’s D, jackief’s D, NWMom2’s D
Chapman University- momsings’ S
College of Charleston Honors - ELKyes’ S
College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) - stressed56’s D
College of Wooster - fiddlinmom’s S
Colorado College - pacnwmomof2’s S
Columbia University - commasplice’s S, Itsthatime’s S
Cornell - GeminiMom’s D2, NJMom23’s S, oldfort’s D
Dartmouth College - ready2bdone’s D
Davidson - S2012d2017’s S
Denison - ohksaj04’s D, partyoffour’s D1
Duke - pullinghair’s D
Earlham College - Woody35’s D
Emory - seiclan’s S
FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) - showmom858’s D
Florida State University - Sunshinestatemom’s D
Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (Film School) - StantonMom’s S
Franklin & Marshall - tozubri’s D
Georgetown University - CaliMom3’s D, laserp’s S
Hartt School, The (@ Univ of Hartford) - Gwen Fairfax’ D
Harvard - CPUscientist3000, student4ever’s S, Gourmetmom’s S
Haverford - Megan12’s S
Hiram - familyof3boys’ S
Indiana U - GoIrish2013’s S
Kalamazoo College - absweetmarie’s D, dentmom4’s D
Kenyon - collconf01’s D, gaelicbred’s D, EmptyingNest’s D
Knox - amtc’s D, HuxleyAlum’s S2
Lafayette - Everythingbut’s S
Landmark College - glopop11’s D
Lewis and Clark - KareninCA’s D, nly2012’s S
Loyola University, Maryland - Swimmomonthego’s S
Macalester - bbarty
McGill University - ENsMom’s D
MIT - cindymoose’s Twin A, mother</em>of<em>perl’s T2, sbjdorlo’s S, skibum4’s S, marciemi’s S
Morehead State - lilmom’s D
Northeastern - downtoearth’s D, sujormik’s D
Northwestern - GeminiMom’s D1, northernwoods’ S, SteveC’s S, pcaz’ S
NYU - fourkidsmom’s D, gradygrad’s D, PRJ’s D, psychmom’s S
NYU Florence - Momsie’s D
Oberlin - lisabees’s S
Ohio State - mspearl’s D, nervousnellie1’s S
Oklahoma State University - DctMom73’s D
Olin - mathinokc’s D, rayrick’s D
Pepperdine - Buttercup1735’s D
Pitzer College - MomfromTN’s D
Pomona - kathieh1’s D, Lark123’s D
Princeton - ypcccu’s S, MAOnemom’s D, Sewhappy’s D
Purdue - MASSMOM1’s D
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Cortana431, jasper44’s D
Rochester Institute of Technology - hookedondwd’s S, tozubri’s S1
Rollins College - mequonmom’s D
Rose-Hulman - HuxleyAlum’s S1
Rutgers - Elka67’s S1
Sewanee, The University of the South - CalmlyiChaotic’s D, Mom0809’s S
Southern Illinois University - Psychmomma’s D
Southern Methodist University - katie93mom’s D
St. Lawrence University - 5boys’ S, SnowflakeVT’s S
St. Mary’s College of MD - Illyria’s D
St. Olaf - saintfan’s D
Stanford - Texaspg’s D, Mom2jl’s S
Swarthmore - rerunagain’s S
Syracuse University - intouch1520’s D, kc1214mom’s
D, WalkingTessie’s D
Temple University - hawkeyes55’s S
Texas A&M - Debbie7452’s D, rushedmom’s D
Towson University - KarGaro’s D
Truman State University - annasdad’s D
Tufts University - 1012mom’s D, momof2inma’s S, cheekymonkey’s S
Tulane - ReneeD7’s D
U of Alabama - Chardo’s S, Kandjad’s D, linnylu’s D, lovemykids2’s S, MemphisGuy’s S, Missread’s D, NDSmom’s S, Proudmama3’s S, Sactonative’s S, Sniner’s D, solat10’s D, vlines’ S, wdaveo’s S, xxjcat, AnotherFSUdad’s D
U of California at Berkeley - Chrissyblu’s D, mihcal1’s D
U of California at Davis - Mom60’s D
U of California at San Diego - BeeZeeMom’s S
U of California at Santa Barbara - WordWorld’s S
U of Central Florida - JGCMom’s S
U of Chicago - Angry Dad’s D, fredricksdottir’s S, Highbury’s D, jupiter1’s S, Mutti2012’s S, shootingsilver, UChiMom’s D
U of Connecticut - Bucasmom’s S
U of Georgia - weatherga’s D
U of Maryland - JenPam’s D, JenPam’s S
U of Massachusetts (Lowell) - pathways’ D
U of Miami - geogirl1’s S, MeteorMom’s S
U of Mississippi - MidwestMom2Kids</em> S
U of New Hampshire - tozubri’s S2
U of North Carolina - Chapel Hill: soh2000’s D
U of Notre Dame - hsmom2dncrs’ S, Tebow1’s D, nearandfar’s S, irishmary203’s D
U of Oklahoma - pghmomof2’s S
U of Pennsylvania - talaria’s D
U of Rochester - Creekland’s S, eyeamamom’s S, PinotNoir’s S, PNWedwonk’s S, Lakemom’s S
U of San Diego - Jaylynn’s D
U of St Thomas - giterdone D, Mary13’s D
U of the Arts, The – MomOf3Stars’ D
U of Vermont - MommyMommy’s D
USC - Mom2M’s D, Snowdog’s D
Vanderbilt - TNVandymom’s S
Vassar - chemusic’s S
Wabash - MizzBee’s S
Wake Forest - dwhite’s D
Wellesley - Glido’s D, maidenMom’s D
Wesleyan - bhmamacita’s D
Willamette University - rescue23’s D, sunmachine’s S2
William & Mary - Cal1983’s S, kttmom’s S
WUSTL - pamayawaa’s D
Yale - IJustDrive’s D, mimk6’s S, mother<em>of</em>perl’s T1, performersmom’s D, The3bears’ D, Yalemom16’s S, MidniteMom’s S, CIEE83’s D</p>
<p>mihcal1 … Wow, so you get to do a total reset of your next phase of life! Keep us posted.</p>
<p>When did the MIT kids launch? I don’t see them on the list.</p>
<p>Parents weekend is first weekend in November for S’s school. We are in Texas and he is in Santa Barbara, no non-stops so a pain of a plane flight (darn it!). My H is planning on going while I stay here with our younger kids. Is Parents’ Weekend such a big deal I should go, too? I was able to go get him settled, so I have seen his dorm room and met the kids on the floor. It would honestly be a hassle to go because our youngest is a preschooler (we would leave her here with family), but I don’t want S to feel like odd man out because he only has one parent there. Thanks!</p>
<p>seiclan,</p>
<p>MIT launched on 8/26 with orientation and school started exactly a week ago. :-)</p>
<p>WordWorld,</p>
<p>I think it depends on the family, truly. I dropped my son off across the country (from So. Cal to Boston) for oreintation for two days but no one will ever go to family weekend. We can’t afford it. Also, frankly, my dh will probably never set foot on the MIT campus; he just has no interest. 
So, it will probably be me traveling solo anytime I go out for a visit (which probably won’t be very often). We have two other children but middle son doesn’t want to fly and youngest gets sick with travel! Saves us money, I guess. :-)</p>
<p>UCSB was a school of interest for my son because of the great physics offerings in their CSS program.</p>
<p>I hope your son has a great time in a beautiful city!</p>
<p>Wordworld - I said do whatever makes sense for your family! Sounds like your H and S will have a great weekend, and you can go the next time. There’s no “should” about it, unless your S feels really strongly about you coming. :)</p>
<p>Wordworld - your son certainly shouldn’t feel like “odd man out” with only one parent - so many kids only HAVE on parent nowadays! You went to get him settled and now it’s your husbands turn. No parent might make him a bit unhappy but his dad only? Not a problem at all. Don’t remember which school he is at or his major but I will say that sometimes these kids are so busy that you hardly even see them over Parents Weekend. I’d much rather go on move-in day than Parents Weekend. Relax, it will all be fabulous!</p>
<p>Wordworld, we did something similar my D’s freshman year. </p>
<p>I took her on her initial college visit to her school and had a lovely time exploring the area. H went to the first parent’s weekend her freshman year and enjoyed his visit too. We weren’t around for parent’s weekend the last two years, choosing to visit at other times and that was fine too.</p>
<p>Wordworld - my H actually went to parents weekend for our older D 2 years ago as he had not visited the school since I took her for move in. We are in SoCal she is in NYC. This year younger D is also at school in NYC and neither of us is going for parents weekend which is the first weekend in November. We had already booked tickets to leave on Thanksgiving day and spend a week in NYC with the girls. </p>
<p>I told D2 if she doesn’t want to be around campus that weekend with all the parents she can go stay at her sister’s apartment. I may see if my Aunt and Uncle who are in CT would be interested in standing in for us if D2 is really feeling like she needs someone there. Neither of us have gone again to D1’s school for parents weekend after her first year. I think you should do whatever is best for your family.</p>
<p>WordWorld- I am sure at UCSB many students will not have any parent there for the weekend. I think at large state schools it is less of an event.
We never went to parents weekend for my older 2 kids. One went to a huge OOS public and the other to a small Ca private. My private student lives in his own little world and never even realized that the parent event was going on. In my older D’s case the school was 2 plane flights away and based heavily on sports which was not her thing. We don’t have any plans to visit D at Davis. I know a couple of aunts are planning on visits and meals out. If anything in our case my D would prefer we spend the money for her to come home for a weekend horse show.</p>
<p>Update time…</p>
<p>Well, remember General Mom and family were going to visit for the weekend, and neighborboy was having his cousin visit the same weekend?</p>
<p>Apparently there were some fireworks.</p>
<p>General Mom lost it when she walked in the room and found neighborboy and his cousin playing video games on Friday afternoon, and cousin’s air mattress set up on the floor. According to what I was told, she had expected that her email to neighborboy that they were coming down that weekend meant that he should go home! and vacate his bed! And he had not checked with them about cousin coming! and she did not want her son to be subjected to guests in the room!</p>
<p>Anyway, neighborboy had simply taken the email as informational in nature…that they would be coming down to visit. And he had asked roomie if he minded cousin coming the same weekend–and he had not indicated any objection. Apparently roomie did not inform his mom.</p>
<p>RA overheard the commotion and popped in to see what was going on…</p>
<p>Ascertained that neighborboy had, indeed, checked with roomie.
Ascertained that General Mom had informed neighborboy .
RA didn’t see a problem as it would be crowded in the room but the residents of the room weren’t having a problem. if roomie’s little brother needed a sleeping bag or air mattress, she was sure there were some available to be borrowed on the floor…</p>
<p>RA tried to talk to General Mom who was having none of it…</p>
<p>RA and neighborboy tried to explain to her that he was not leaving campus on weekends, that he wanted to be there on weekends, and that he was involved in things on weekends (intramural sports and an improv team), and that he would be sleeping in his own bed. </p>
<p>Things did not go well. Although they obtained another air mattress for the brother, neither he nor roomie slept in the room that weekend–apparently slept at the hotel with the mom. The dad did not come down.</p>
<p>Neighborboy has tried to talk to his roomie, but the kid basically never says two words to anyone…passive to an extreme. Never told his mom about neighborboy not planning to go home for the weekend, never told his mom cousin was coming…</p>
<p>The two boys seem to get along ok, they grab dinner together a couple of times a week. They are both in the honors program but different majors. They don’t seem to talk much…but that’s boys anyway…and this kid seems almost silent.</p>
<p>Anyway, the RA is now totally aware of the crazy General Mom. My neighbor just sent General Mom an email telling her to have no more contact with her son…she is not to email him or call him, and that if she should visit, she is not to raise her voice to him or be anything other than civil. Neighborboy has been told to let RA know if there is any further cccrappp from General Mom.</p>
<p>I feel so sorry for the roomie…he must feel caught between a roomie that i think he would like if he were allowed to, and his mom…and the kid just seems terrified of his mom.</p>
<p>Jiminy. But good for your neighbor!! She’s standing up to General Mom and standing up for her son! Hurrah! That mom is, as we say, a piece 'o work.</p>
<p>boysx3 – It’s great that the RA got involved constructively. I feel sorry for roomie’s son. Silence and apathy might be his best option for coping. It sounds like neighborboy isn’t allowing the situation to adversely affect him. Good for him!</p>
<p>WordWorld – we’re skipping parents’ weekend, too. It coincides with homecoming and the campus and surrounding town are going to be a zoo. Hotel costs are at least quadruple, and I don’t even want to think about parking! If D wants someone to come, I’ll ask my brother to stand-in, since he can make it a day-trip by public transit. But I expect D will be too busy to care.</p>
<p>Thank you to everyone who responded re: Parents Weekend, I feel much better about not going. I don’t think S will care, in fact he will probably enjoy his alone time with Dad. I was just worried he would feel left out (helicopter blades whirling)
And Boysx3, I thought “OH GOODIE !!!” when I saw you had updated. Persecuted neighbor boy/pushy RM General mom is one of my favorite stories here. Every time I read posts about pushy mom I am grateful S lucked into a single, he is not one for confrontation. I am though, it would not have been pretty if I was your neighbor (although I’d appreciate being your neighbor, you’re a keeper!).</p>
<p>Yay nieghbormom!! And ya RA and neighborboy :)</p>
<p>Cheers for neighborboy, RA and neighbormom!</p>
<p>Wow, General Mom is completely out of control. Poor roomie!</p>
<p>Add me to those who loved reading the update and still goes, “wow,” when reading about General Mom. It’s difficult for me to comprehend parents expecting that much at a college level - to expect a roommate to GO HOME for a weekend so they can use HIS bed is very extreme even for control freaks.</p>
<p>I feel extremely sorry for roomie and dad (it’s no secret why he didn’t want to come).</p>
<p>I’m also very glad both neighborboy, RA, and neighbormom are taking on General Mom. Someone needs to. It probably hasn’t happpened in her life in a long, long time - if ever. She either had parents like herself or controlled her own family when she was still in diapers methinks.</p>
<p>I’m glad my guy likes his new roomie (after his “chosen” roomie died over the summer) and they get along great. I’m VERY thankful.</p>
<p>We’re still debating Parent’s Weekend here. I’d have to take time off school… We never went to oldest son’s Parent’s Weekends, but he’s twice as far from home (12 hours vs 6).</p>
<p>Wow, on General Mom. That’s hard to top.</p>