What not to do if you're the parent of a college freshman

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@vwlizard

I wish I could remember the infamous old post about a CCer’s experience with college drop off

Here you go. The infamous pineapple story

Roommate brought 22 pillows, 4 lamps, 7 towels, and a large ceramic pineapple

I kid you not. D moved in a day after her roommate. We walked into a room that looked like Pinterest had it coming out of both ends. To the point that the top of her bed and the inside of the dresser and nightstand were the only spots left for D’s stuff. The first step was to remove roommate’s stuff from under D’s bed. (Roommate’s family had already moved D’s dresser under there, but D wanted it that way, so we left it.) The second step was to try to reclaim D’s desk. “Momma” (how I will refer to roommate’s mother in the effort to keep these boards PG) got pissed because if we moved the desk, there was no place for her daughter’s TV. It was going downhill from there. We were so relieved when they left to get lunch. They said they were also going to try and find a TV stand. Third step was to get an RA to come help as D was fighting back tears at that point. The RA pooh-poohed me at first. After coming upstairs, she called in reinforcement. (Plus, she just wanted the other RA to see i…

And another goodie:

$10,000 for a dorm room designer?

This is in The NY Times… Tuition: $9,400. Dorm Room Interior Designer: $10,000? And here I was thinking that the trip to Ikea was expensive.