You Know You're Addicted to CC When....

[rom828]

<p>You find yourself referencing something you read on CC most every day…</p>

[sacchi]

<p>You could recite from memory which schools more than 20 regular posters (or their kids) attend or are applying to.</p>

[Yurtle]

<p>“When you go to a college visit and talk about CC, and someone else comes up and shouts their screenname at you. You have an instant understanding of one another.” -Applicannot.</p>

<p>8D! </p>

<p>This actually happened to US in particular. </p>

<p>“YOU’RE APPLICANNOT???”</p>

<p>“YOU’RE YURTLE???”</p>

<p>Good times, so I agree. xD</p>

[gadad]

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When you need a new pair of shoes and, instead of looking for them on Zappos, you start a new thread in the cafe, then sit back and click on the links posted in the replies

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<p>No kidding. The Parent Cafe is now my “life coach.”</p>

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This actually happened to US in particular.

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<p>And to me too!</p>

[vballmom]

<p>You fondly remember the meta thread and realize that non-CC friends just wouldn’t get it.</p>

[FallGirl]

<p>You worry that your kids will find out about it and be horrified.</p>

[worknprogress]

<p>As my DD once said to me, “You don’t POST on that thing, do you?”</p>

[dbwes]

<p>IloveLA wrote:

When you look for threads with dozens of pages, because you know they are going to be entertaining.

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<p>Yes, that!</p>

<p>When you can recite some of the CC commandments, like “Love thy safety” and “It’s all about the fit.”</p>

[BengalMom]

<p>… you panic when you haven’t been on CC for a couple of days because you know it will take you hours to catch up.</p>

[scualum]

<p>When you read certain threads on CC on your iPhone while eating so you don’t fall behind (2010 thread )</p>

[thumper1]

<p>Dinner? Why cook dinner? </p>

<p>When you still check here daily…and your kids have nothing to do with the college application process…nothing.</p>

[kitty56]

<p>

When every piece of advice/information you give your child begins or ends with “that’s what someone on CC said!”

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<p>Guilty! And it doesn’t matter what the topic is.</p>

[amtc]

<p>You start a thread at 9:30am and by 5:50pm there’s 31 posts.</p>

[dbwes]

<p>scualum wrote:</p>

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When you read certain threads on CC on your iPhone while eating so you don’t fall behind (2010 thread )

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<p>When you actually worry about falling behind on threads!</p>

[poetgrl]

<p>you find yourself hoping good things for kids you have never met as much as you are hoping for good things for your own kids.</p>

[yabeyabe2]

<p>You realize you really want the entire set of 3.0-3.3 student thread kids to get into their first choice and most of the kids you know in you rHS to get into only their safety!</p>

[poetgrl]

<p>Lol ^^^^^^^^^^^</p>

[Marilyn]

<p>When you get all your news flashes from CC instead of TV or radio or the actual news sites.</p>

[coureur]

<p>When you quickly minimize the screen when someone walks into the room so they won’t see that you are looking at CC again.</p>

[lilmom]

<p>…your kids notice that you’ve got “cyber” friends because you quote things you’ve read from other posters on CC. I also don’t want to “share” my cc friends with my friends…so i don’t tell them about cc.</p>