<p>Yes, I saw this thread immediately after coming home from an afternoon in NYC (driving back and forth == stress), reading my work email and learning that a great deal is riding on something I am working on (stress^2). The thread was perfect with a glass of white wine.</p>
<p>jdjaguar, Your arrows refer to my post, I’m sure, not the one in between. Yes, socialist tendencies, indeed. He would love your son, I’m sure, Jamiecakes. S2, on the other hand, visibly drools when we pass large homes with tennis courts. But he is only 10, so there is still hope.</p>
<p>OK its getting a little weird for me now. I have reread some of POIH and AM’s posts. Based on the postings of their D’s statistics (whether they are the same D or different), especially certain awards given and the public lists of the award recipients, it is not hard to actually narrow the list of who these kids are to 1-2 people. And you can google and figure it all out. </p>
<p>Don’t parents know that posting on an anonymous board with intimate details is like teens who are sexting? Someone, somewhere is going to recognize these details and be able to identify the person. And then it is no longer anonymous. Then its creepy. </p>
<p>Curiosity has killed the cat for me on this one. Poor girl. Word is going to get around to upperclassman before she even arrives on campus. I am not giggling any more.</p>
<p>sunnyflorida- I have to agree. It’s not hard to figure the identity of at least one of the poster’s D. </p>
<p>I also think we have all made enough fun, myself included, of the OP’s misunderstanding of the nuances of the English idiomatic. </p>
<p>I hope that the D or Ds of both posters in question (POIH and AM) has/have great success at whatever school she selects. And I hope that her parents and she arrive at a mutually agreeable selection.</p>
<p>Are you sure those Princeton folks will want to hang out with Op’s daughter.</p>
<p>Afterall POIH and AM to work for a living. No multi-generational inherited wealth. Not even nouveau riche, in some circles, they are simply middle income. </p>
<p>Ok, the founder of Teach for America --the organization that sends college students oh, horror of horrors, into the <i>inner city</i> a Princeton grad, who encouraged all her fellow students to teach instead of pursuing lucrative careers.</p>
<p>I am having a bit of a stressful day and this thread as bit a good humor break for me.</p>
<p>I am so sorry for the poster’s daughter who probably would be horrified to know her mother posted some thing like this publicly. I am certain that her daughter knows her mother feels this way.</p>
<p>To the original poster – you seem convinced that your daughter will meet her future spouse at school. These days, nothing seems to be further from the truth. In fact, I can think of very few couples my generation who met at college and even fewer young people.</p>
<p>^ Not much to get, really. That phrase in your message reminded me of the “Jedi mind trick” scene from Star Wars, so I posted it. I’m just a geek with a free-association habit. I hadn’t noticed the serious turn the thread had taken. :o</p>
<p>Thanks. I’m not much of a Star Wars person. Although I inherited a ton of vintage Star Wars stuff from my brother who was. Now, I’m trying to sell it all and having very bad luck in this economy- it seems everyone is trying to unload their prized possessions. Of course, off topic but…</p>
<p>Or Beanie Babies! My daughter still rags on me for getting rid of Humphrey the camel. She is convinced that I could have paid for a music summer camp from the proceeds of his sale.</p>
<p>No, they are no better. The few snobs they had remaining were blown out of the water by the big financial aid initiatives of a few years ago. Now they let in just <em>anybody</em> - public school kids, poor kids, minorities - the riff-raff list is endless.</p>
<p>how are those full freight paying kids going to deal with those kids who are getting full financial aid. Pour me, pour me a drink. Never mind, I’ll just guzzle my wild irish rose straight out of the bottle.</p>
Good luck selling the Star Wars memorabilia…</p>