<p>S is now living on his own several miles away from home. He did his shopping for the first time today. I suddenly get a phone call: “Mom, where would I find…?” Me: “Probably in the baking area.” A couple of minutes later: “Mom, I could not find it there.” Me: “Well, ask someone who works in the store.” S: “Thanks, mom.” Another couple of minutes later: “It was in the baking area, but on a high shelf.”</p>
<p>I think he’ll survive.</p>
<p>Yes, he will :)</p>
<p>Don’t you love it?!</p>
<p>I should have written several hundred miles, not several miles. After that exchange, I was irresistibly reminded of Conan O’Brien’s Class Day speech: “And you went to Harvard?”
But I am so glad that I am not yet seen as “surplus to requirements”.:)</p>
<p>Boy, I can relate. Now, you have a son in grad school who is Harvard educated. My D is in grad school at MIT and frankly quite independent and has lived on her own for some time, including many times in foreign lands where she knew nobody and manages great. But I can tell you that I have gotten the SAME calls from her that you got from your son! She has called from the grocery store asking me where to find a certain item and as we all know, every store is set up differently (not to mention that most stores in cities like where she is at are WAY bigger than what we have here at home). I have to admit, I have gotten a kick out of it. I have found it amusing in the same way you have! Somehow they manage to do very complicated things but then stuff like this comes up.</p>
<p>I can NOT make fun of him at all. I used to try to describe the noises my car was making to my Dad 400 miles away!</p>
<p>^^ It must have been before Car Talk was on the air? I love that show. We even listen to it now that we no longer have a car!</p>
<p>“Ask someone who works in the store. . .” </p>
<p>LOL–Priceless!</p>
<p>LOL. One of the (few) phone calls I got from mathson. “Would a 7-11 have Life Cereal?”</p>
<p>Mommy calls DS, late Sat night, “How come you haven’t picked up the phone?”</p>
<p>DS, “Can’t talk now, I’m cooking.”</p>
<p>Soon, it will be your turn to hear this famous phrase. There will be more to come.</p>
<p>My d’s first call home from a grocery store:
Mom? Everything I eat is REALLY expensive!</p>
<p>Yup.</p>
<p>Love this thread! D (senior) was in an apartment for the summer, and soon after moving in decided to cook an Indian meal (learned from her Indian mother during spring study abroad) for about 20 friends who were also at school for the summer. (She had a research fellowship, others were taking classes, etc.) She called to ask me about the capacity of the rice cooker – “It says 6 cups; does that mean 6 cups cooked or uncooked rice?” I told her, “OK, think about it – 6 cups of uncooked rice is a LOT, right? And rice expands when you cook it … Just how big is this rice cooker??” Honestly, this is my very bright D??? Gotta just laugh.</p>
<p>learn to savor the calls from grocery stores or for cooking advice, at least it means they are communicating with you!</p>
<p>i have had the same question- salted or unsalted butter at least fivetimes</p>
<p>and my friends son just moved into is college house and wanted to put salt on his pasta and realized it didn’t just appear in the cabinet like some sort of star trek contraption</p>
<p>" it didn’t just appear in the cabinet like some sort of star trek contraption "</p>
<p>LOL!</p>
<p>When I read post #1, my reaction was: “Please tell me he was wearing a Harvard shirt!” But Marite got there before I did.</p>
<p>My wonderful D2 just baked her first pie. Crust from the basic ingredients, not Pillsbury. She had a <em>horrible</em> time rolling it out and getting it into the pan and clamping the top crust over the blueberries. Hours later, she’s still reading my 70’s Joy of Cooking but the pie is done. Thank the gods of pies, the result is wonderful. She bites into the first bit and says “this is good, the pastry isn’t sweet so you notice the salty part. Pre-made crusts are sweet.”
Our children are re-discovering the past…</p>