People saying "hold off on posting college acceptances on social media" - Absurd

[Anonymous]

Is this your first kid?

[Anonymous]

I wasted very little time and posted my son's acceptance on FaceBook last year. I think most people like to hear the news. My friend was texting me asking for updates all evening. This was his first choice school..a top 20. If it pops up on my FB memory this year, I may even post again. It was such a great day.

I don't understand why people are offended by it. Is it jealousy? Anxiety? If either of those, just unfollow, or get the f#@% off Facebook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When my kid makes a college decision, I will post something on FB once my kid says it’s okay. It’s their work and their news (and I have a pretty curated FB list of only relatives and people I actually care about). I’ll be very excited for my kid. She’s worked hard and I can’t wait to see all the adventures and experiences and opportunities she will have in college.

I’d love to see on FB that a kid I care about— one of my kids friends or a neighborhood kid I watched grow up— got into Stanford. Good for them. I know some amazing kids and I love seeing where they end up every year.

But I’d hate OP, because her attitude is so bad. There’s a big difference between “suck it snowflakes, I won” (not my kid— me. I won at parenting) and parents who are genuinely proud of their kids hard word and excited for their kid’s next steps.

My kid is at TJ, BTW. And I may have run a lot of carpools, but I didn’t do the work, and college admissions isn’t a validation of my parenting. A kind kid with a moral compass and a good work ethic who is engaged in their community tells you a lot more about the quality of parenting than Stanford v NOVA.

I wish you were in my circle of friends. You're awesome.

[Anonymous]

My kids school, the seniors have already started posting the rejection letters on the walls of the senior space.

[Anonymous]

You sound like such a lovely person, OP.
I hope all the kids who are feeling stressed and anxious as decisions start coming in will “grow a pair.”

It’s not enough that you had to brag all over your own social media pages, you even had to come here and brag anonymously. You’re ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

C'mon folks, OP is as obvious a troll as anyone who has ever posted.

[Anonymous]

OP - Congrats to your child. Now step away from the kid. Most of them at that age don't much like their parents talking about them on social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nephew got accepted at UVA! Early action!

I'm so proud of him! I'm not on social media, so I'll just announce here on dcum and I've already told my coworkers (sorry!).

Mazel Tov!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s absurd to post on social media at all. Why not just send an email to the people that actually care? Or even call them on a telephone? If your relationship with them is so tangential that’s you don’t actually want to speak to them, it’s not something you need to share with them.

We have family abroad and use social media to share our happy events so that when we are actually together we can move quickly to more important topics since we already know the day-to-day. Suggesting email tells me you are old - if not in body than in mind.

[Anonymous]

I still haven't posted where my kid got into college and she's half way through her second year. She wrote a contact in third grade saying I couldn't post anything on Facebook about her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still haven't posted where my kid got into college and she's half way through her second year. She wrote a contact in third grade saying I couldn't post anything on Facebook about her.

You have a very smart kid.

Mi e allow posts but have veto / editing rights.

College DS allowed posting after RD decisions were out, and the hoodie from selected college had arrived.

[Anonymous]

My coworker did this. Then some stuff hit, and in the fall, her son attended one of our state colleges near home. No shame in that, but we’re all on FB with her and she had to deal with a lot of posts asking “How does Larlo like UVA?” “Was MCPS good prep for UVA?” She ended up disclosing some personal info to explain what was going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s absurd to post on social media at all. Why not just send an email to the people that actually care? Or even call them on a telephone? If your relationship with them is so tangential that’s you don’t actually want to speak to them, it’s not something you need to share with them.

We have family abroad and use social media to share our happy events so that when we are actually together we can move quickly to more important topics since we already know the day-to-day. Suggesting email tells me you are old - if not in body than in mind.

Right, that's it, old people just don't understand... eww so old.

[Anonymous]

"Damn OP. Seems like you should maybe accomplish something yourself to brag about."

They have, they bought their DC's way into Stanford and haven't been indited yet.

Sounds like a great thing to scream from the mountaintop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s absurd to post on social media at all. Why not just send an email to the people that actually care? Or even call them on a telephone? If your relationship with them is so tangential that’s you don’t actually want to speak to them, it’s not something you need to share with them.

We have family abroad and use social media to share our happy events so that when we are actually together we can move quickly to more important topics since we already know the day-to-day. Suggesting email tells me you are old - if not in body than in mind.

We have the same but do it in a private family group because most of the teens don’t want their stuff posted on FB anyway.