Best comeback lines if your kid didn't get into a "Top" school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I say DD is going for “MRS” degree aka “Trad Wife,” role. She’s going to golf school.

What a gross thing to say about your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a sad post. I hope you don’t pass your insecurities onto your child.

People around this did this to my kid all the time.

It was both said and unsaid, such as the awkward pause when they mentioned their school, or the side comment that there was no way they would let their kid apply to X school,not realizing I or my kid was in earshot.

My out of state family member was appalled by the casual disdain in this area for kids attending less prestigious schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD doesn't want to go to family parties anymore, everyone is asking and focusing where she will be going to college next year. DD is not a stellar student and will most likely be going to an in state college. Her grades aren't high enough with her gpa to get into the state's main university. She doesn't know how to respond to family, people in general. I don't either, for now I say she is undecided and play off she is doing well at school- yes, I know ego.

If this is your child and she didn't get into a top school, what have you said? Lie and say she got a big scholarship to a lesser college?

wow, uh, maybe teach her that she doesnt need a comeback. just own it.

you really dont naturally get this?

[Anonymous]

I hate this cesspool and almost never post, but this one is drawing me out.

The fact that you need a “comeback” for a natural question about where your kid is going to college is sad.

That you’ve purportedly handed this insecurity and obscene narcissistic victim complex onto your kid is appalling. And that you actually may need to teach her—in adulthood—how to respond to rudeness means you protected her to the point of failure.

That you live in a world where your community, adults included, would mock or trash or belittle a kid about their college? Such losers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a sad post. I hope you don’t pass your insecurities onto your child.

People around this did this to my kid all the time.

It was both said and unsaid, such as the awkward pause when they mentioned their school, or the side comment that there was no way they would let their kid apply to X school,not realizing I or my kid was in earshot.

My out of state family member was appalled by the casual disdain in this area for kids attending less prestigious schools.

+1 it's gross. Meanwhile one of the smartest kids I know from the neighborhood (she babysat my kid) did all her basic classes at the community college and then transferred and is graduating with no debt. I think she showed maturity and intelligence doing that. And her parents brag about her all the time, deservedly so.