My parents helped move all of my shit from the van to my room freshman year, then once it was all inside, but most certainly not situated, we went to Eddie George's Grill down the street, grabbed some grub, then they left.
Every year they never spent much time down here, only enough to get my stuff unloaded at my place but never stayed longer than me getting everything out of boxes. We all preferred it that way. 2.5hr drive, one-way, will make you want to get things done quickly.
It was cool though, they came down the weekend of graduation, and the night before we stopped at back at Eddie George's and grabbed some grub and brew.
2.5hr drive? LOL. I can't even get out of my state in that time
2.5hr drive? LOL. I can't even get out of my state in that time
Takes me nearly 6 hours to get out of my state now .. by car.
When I went to college, parents dropped me off, helped carry stuff up, went to lunch, and then left. I did see them every home football game, though, as they had season tickets.
My stuff was still laying in a pile, I said "thanks for helping me carry it up to my room, Mom. Love you, drive safe on the way home." "Don't you want help putting it all away?" "No, I'll do that later. I'm going to meet some new friends before all the cliques form."
Just dropped my youngest son off to college Saturday. Thankfully I didn't have to carry the 36" television up any stairs - that sucker is heavy, even for 2 people. The last thing I carried in was his refrigerator with a 30 pack in it. "You might want to shut your door while you take them out of the box so that the fridge door closes. Do good this semester, love you, see ya."
Who goes to orientation events anyway? The only thing that's a bigger waste of time is the actual walk-across-the-stage graduation ceremony.
The key is to pre-load the fridge and tape the door shut. That's what I did at least.
My freshman year, my parents helped me move stuff in and then left. Didn't stay for any of the parent-student events. Just left. My sophomore year my mom helped me move in, but I unpacked all my crap. Junior year I lived in a house so my parents helped move my stuff in. Senior year I was living in the same house, so there was no moving. When I moved out, they came and helped.
Never did they linger. Fortunately.
Would have, but picked up the beer on the way. He was in the back of the van and would have loaded it, but realized that you're not supposed to close the refrigerator when it's stored. A little bit of mildew in there that he wanted to clean out before removing the cans from the case.
but she was ok with the gay porn then, right? :sneaky:My mom had a cot in my room and slept in it all first two years. I found it ok. It was only a problem when I took women back to my room and she pretended she was asleep while we watched interracial pron on the tv.
Hellz yea and so was my roomatebut she was ok with the gay porn then, right? :sneaky:
i thought the velcro tag was newer and more clever.Hehe, colleges just got done fighting "helicopter" parents a few years ago!
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My parents helped me move my stuff into my room, made sure I had everything I needed, and left. They only came down after that to bring me home after my first semester and when I graduated. I think that's pretty much the perfect level of involvement. Get your kid there and make sure they're okay, but leave the rest up to them.