<p>SBmom- If your daughter want a “nice jewish doctor” and is willing to wait for him to be admitted to the med school of his choice and finishing the program in 4 years, then do I have a catch for you!! </p>
<p>Your line that sold me-she would be good to the grandchildren! Now if you can only promise that they will live nearby so I can see the kids often, then we’ve got a deal :-)</p>
<p>Faline2, that was such a sad story! Like a Hallmark commercial, only in reverse.</p>
<p>S1 once mentioned that one of his girlfriends didn’t like children. I immediately grabbed the shiny knife and fork and held them in a cross position in front of his face–sounding my low hyena growl. He laughed.</p>
<p>I like most ( low maintenance) girls. I ADORE easy going girls with a sense of humour. My mantra to my boys: “Never never marry a hothouse flower who has to have everything just so. She will take up your whole life.”</p>
<p>Alum, S1 is left of center and, bonus, a true feminist. He’s been to Peru but no further plans to go to SAmerica. </p>
<p>S2 has surprisingly conservative leanings which I plan to beat out of him before he leaves in nine months. (Kidding, driver, kidding).</p>
<p>The time has come for a service I always envisioned: Rent-a-Yenta.</p>
<p>I’ll be back after filing the incorporation papers and trademark stuff.</p>
<p>Wow… thank god for the internet. And Google Earth. I didn’t realize that so many of us parents receive calls only when our kids need directions or are away from the computer and need something researched. Maybe I should charge for the service? </p>
<p>Actually, when my son was in college he used to IM me late at night and invite me to do online crossword puzzles or play online games with him. (There was some sort of word game that he really liked, kind of a competitive version of boggle) The 3 hour time difference worked out well for that – it meant my “late but still up” matched with his. So I shouldn’t complain so much, even though a typical IM communication was "what’s a 5 letter word for ‘contrary’ ". At least my son wanted to play with me. </p>
<p>Then. The problem with the kid being out of school is that the internet connection is iffy. Currently he lives in a flat where the downstairs neighbors have wireless. Meaning that he occassionally has a connection. So no more internet games.</p>
<p>alumother: “Weenie if your S and my D had kids they would probably be transparent…One of D’s criteria for choosing schools was the least sunscreen required.”</p>
<p>That is so funny. My son puts on sunscreen just to go mow the lawn. It is his life, trained from an EARLY age. When he was a toddler he’d be in a hat, long sleeve shirt, pants, socks, AND sun screen and he’d still get burned. He is always easy to pick out in a pool - he is so white he glows. Poor red heads. But they are so cute. Did you used to cause a traffic jam of shopping carts at the grocery store when she was a baby? All the “where did you get that red hair” and “I keep telling my hairdresser that’s the color I want…” comments?</p>
<p>calmom: That is so nice that he wanted to play games with you!</p>
<p>Weenie - Yes, the comments on her hair color were never-ending. Especially because it’s not standard red, it’s kind of the color of a new new penny, which then would get strawberry to blonde in part in the summer, sort of a sandier brownish red underneath, and then actually pinkish in the tendrils. I know it sounds like I am making it up but really it was like that.</p>
<p>pokey, we may have a deal!! What geo zone are you in again?</p>
<p>I know she will be a <em>great</em> mother because she has all the qualities I lack (like patience, mellowness, acceptance, etc.) She has been a phenomenal sister. When she was 5, she’d climb into her baby brother’s crib in the very early am and read to him-- to entertain him, so we could sleep in. (Little did she know we would be listening on the baby monitor and weeping, it was so cute!) Both her lil bros, when they were 5 or 6, were certain that they would marry her. :)</p>
<p>H & I have already discussed that with D in a different time zone we do run the risk of her never returning to our area. We are ready, willing, and able to schlepp. Conversely, if she does return to sun & beaches, we’d have a guest room for you in a vacation setting. ;)</p>
<p>Now the trick will be contriving a way for the “meet” to occur without it ever being revealed that we have anything to do with it. </p>
<p>Mooweehaahaa!</p>
<p>Hey, Mudge. We’ve been doing the backstroke in the puddle of pee since the first time our D’s boyfriend stopped by, and they went into her bedroom and closed the door. Well, it was more like a flash flood. This, of course, has nothing to do with college admissions, but I thought it would make you feel better! 
After three years, I can “fin” in place and point my toe in the air! </p>
<p>What an exciting time for you, mudgemom, and the mudgette. ;)</p>
<p>Weenie, my son still likes to play. He moved back in with us this year for 2 months because he was having difficulty finding an apartment, and we were back to doing crossword puzzles together every night. And of course watching Jeopardy together. He loves any type of puzzle, especially math/logic type things. I was very happy to have my son back home for awhile, but of course he was spending hours every day apartment hunting as well as juggling two jobs. </p>
<p>So the good news is that even though the umbilical cord was cut a while back, there are always brief interludes when you are back with your kid. But of course he was eager to be back on his own again – I think that basically he likes me, but would much rather live with and hang out with people nearer to his own age. And when he’s gone… its just out of sight, out of mind.</p>
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Back to phones… my high school junior’s phone message is “AHhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhh!” (performed as musical rising notes of alarm…) boys…
And now, back to the original focus of this thread… What’s the latest news of Mudgie and the scholarship dilemas?</p>
<p>Before we hear back from Mudgie and all, can I tell you my son’s cell phone message? “Hi. This is C. If your name starts with A - L, I’m at soccer practice. If you name starts with M - Z, I’m at work. Feel free to change your name to fit the situation.”</p>
<p>leave your name and number and i’ll call you right back…probably…maybe, ok, well, i’ll try to call you back…</p>
<p>peggy - that is a real winner! Prediction: the cc moms’-of girls will be lining up for the interview round.</p>
<p>H told me to relay this one.</p>
<p>S2 called H at the office. “I can’t find my car keys.”</p>
<p>H: “Are you sure? You put them in your pocket in this morning.”</p>
<p>S2: “Uh…gotta go, bye.” Click.</p>
<p>(My faovrite is stil the “:where’s the pita bread.” How much of this should we reveal to prospective DILs? :eek:)</p>
<p>Any of you get these kind of calls from your husbands? I do :eek:</p>
<p>anxiousmom, it is getting a little out of control. Sunday was a baad day at Black Acre. I am doing my best to encourage D to start some triage. Some comparing. Some deciding. See if we can knock a few candidates out now. It would really be a good idea.</p>
<p>So what’s happening???</p>
<p>Kat</p>