<p>When your children’s friends friend you on FB because you are The Source for all things college-related, with more up-to-date info than anyone else (especially those-overloaded GCs)</p>
<p>…when you use a proxy to visit CC at school</p>
<p>…when your friends start asking you about which scholarships are out because, as a junior, you obsessively watched the Financial Aid board and then made a list for next year.</p>
<p>Well, maybe that last one only applies to me! ;)</p>
<p>As a side note, as with Uber_cast, I really appreciate all the parents on CC who have helped me… and I’m sure the duty isn’t over yet. I often find myself wandering onto the Parents Forum to find myself in disbelief in how involved parents are in their kids’ lives.</p>
<p>…when you’ve only been on CC for about 6 weeks and already have over 2200 posts :eek:…</p>
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<p>LOL! I was wondering if anyone else had noticed that!</p>
<p>… when you tell your H you are going to do research on buying a new mattress, and he thinks you are going to consumerreports. com, but you come to CC instead because you are sure there was a thread on that topic not long ago ;)</p>
<p>…when your H tells you, “Can you ask your people about the best spot for watching fireworks in Boston?” Yup, you are “my people” - LOL. He has “his people” - mostly students crying for science homework help.</p>
<p>eddieodessa, I have always loved wearing red heels, but they took on a special meaning after latetoschool’s death. The other day, one of my coworkers commented on my cute red heels & I told her that I wear them to honor my friend. I didn’t tell her I had never met this friend, because I always felt that I knew her better than I know some of my IRL friends. CC has been a place I have turned to for advice & support. When my brother died, I received lots of support … I even got to talk to the venerable curmudgeon & hear his wonderful Texas drawl. I truly feel that I have a “community” in the best sense of the word through my involvement on this site.</p>
<p>When you keep checking in to see if runnersmom’s child ever checked in with her.</p>
<p>…when you keep your screenname even after you son outs you to his roommate (with whom you have actually had some discussions on cc when he was applying to the same school as your son), because you are about to become a senior member, and no one is going to take that away from you!</p>
<p>Rofl this is the funniest thing ever!</p>
<p>when a college app asks how you heard about the school and you check off friend! (this just doesnt fall under any old website category)</p>
<p>When you tell your wife you are proud that your thread generated 151 posts–and she just shakes her head and sees it as further evidence of your addicition!</p>
<p>When your on CC for hours consecutively and waiting for new threads to start…</p>
<p>When you finally have the courage to start a thread of your own!</p>
<p>When you spend Saturday night reading tons of old threads or spend work lunch hour ignoring your FaceBook friends b/c you haven’t gotten enough of the CC</p>
<p>M2S: nonsense, I started a thread my second or third log-in to CC.
Didn’t develop anything remotely resembling an addiction until much much later.</p>
<p>This is now a featured thread in the Cafe ;)</p>
<p>Wow, I want to introduce a thread that ends up in the featured thread spot!</p>
<p>That’s a sign. :p</p>
<p>When, after 3+years with D now a junior in college, it no longer irritates you that her school isn’t one of the named colleges…because you know it’s great and right for her!</p>