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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:27 PM Original message |
A question about college aged children...what contact do you have |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's part of leaving the nest. |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is this her first year? |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's her first year, and she's |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I agree that she's stretching her wings |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. How much slack did you cut her before she left home? |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. You need to back off a bit |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Umm, she's not hanging out at the college but |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. So if she called you before she went, would you worry less? |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. I guess she's trying to assert some independence |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. interesting post |
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carlydenise (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. OMG I am about to go thru this next year |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You and cally both need to remember what it was like to be that age |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. Every 2 weeks to a month |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't think you're asking too much. |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. We talk once a week |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. I speak with my daugher once/week, email when necessary |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. cut those apron strings |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sounds like you've |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Let her go. I called home every two weeks or so. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. My mother was like that |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I feel sorry for the kids with the fucking helicopter parents. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The most pernicious parents I encountered as a professor were |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. on the other end of the spectrum-- |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. You and my Mom! |
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