Orientation with parents in tow

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

+1. If you can finance this, I'm not judging either. But we're pinching every penny to pay that $60K, and manicures and tans aren't in our budget!

That was me. My point was that DD knew to get in all those treats while we were in town for orientation. Her college allowance does not include money for manicures and spray tans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

Why do you people have such a hard time letting folks do with what they want with their money? Tanning may not be your thing. Is Target the next target (no pun intended) to be vilified? Geesh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

Why do you people have such a hard time letting folks do with what they want with their money? Tanning may not be your thing. Is Target the next target (no pun intended) to be vilified? Geesh!

Different PP here. Nobody was "vilifying" her, so stop exagerrating. I thought the PP who phrased it as "I gotta ask... no judging" was simply curious. Geesh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

Why do you people have such a hard time letting folks do with what they want with their money? Tanning may not be your thing. Is Target the next target (no pun intended) to be vilified? Geesh!

Different PP here. Nobody was "vilifying" her, so stop exagerrating. I thought the PP who phrased it as "I gotta ask... no judging" was simply curious. Geesh!

Curious my foot. It was obvious this was fresh meat on the block. Ha!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

+1. If you can finance this, I'm not judging either. But we're pinching every penny to pay that $60K, and manicures and tans aren't in our budget!

That was me. My point was that DD knew to get in all those treats while we were in town for orientation. Her college allowance does not include money for manicures and spray tans.

Point taken. My sister took her kid out for an expensive dinner and theatre as she was quite aware of what was upcoming especially dorm food.

Everyone's experience is different.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Those tanning salons cause cancer.

Spray tans cause cancer? I haven't heard this yet.

Of course not, but mostly kids go to the tanning salons for the tanning beds.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

Why do you people have such a hard time letting folks do with what they want with their money? Tanning may not be your thing. Is Target the next target (no pun intended) to be vilified? Geesh!

Different PP here. Nobody was "vilifying" her, so stop exagerrating. I thought the PP who phrased it as "I gotta ask... no judging" was simply curious. Geesh!

Curious my foot. It was obvious this was fresh meat on the block. Ha!

You have issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

Why do you people have such a hard time letting folks do with what they want with their money? Tanning may not be your thing. Is Target the next target (no pun intended) to be vilified? Geesh!

Different PP here. Nobody was "vilifying" her, so stop exagerrating. I thought the PP who phrased it as "I gotta ask... no judging" was simply curious. Geesh!

Curious my foot. It was obvious this was fresh meat on the block. Ha!

I actually was curious and still am -- not so much about the money but the time involved. I can recall getting my hair cut maybe once every semester, but I would never have had time to get a manicure or visit a tanning salon ('tho I have some very happy memories of sunbathing on the dorm roof during spring exams.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

Why do you people have such a hard time letting folks do with what they want with their money? Tanning may not be your thing. Is Target the next target (no pun intended) to be vilified? Geesh!

Different PP here. Nobody was "vilifying" her, so stop exagerrating. I thought the PP who phrased it as "I gotta ask... no judging" was simply curious. Geesh!

Curious my foot. It was obvious this was fresh meat on the block. Ha!

I actually was curious and still am -- not so much about the money but the time involved. I can recall getting my hair cut maybe once every semester, but I would never have had time to get a manicure or visit a tanning salon ('tho I have some very happy memories of sunbathing on the dorm roof during spring exams.)

Maybe I missed the part where we're talking about whether parents go to orientation. I said DD wanted us there to get in all sorts of extras because she knew it would be the last time to do so once we left her new city. So, this did not interrupt her study time and we would not fund those extras during the school year.

[Anonymous]

^^I meant maybe I missed when the topic diverted from the title.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

Why do you people have such a hard time letting folks do with what they want with their money? Tanning may not be your thing. Is Target the next target (no pun intended) to be vilified? Geesh!

Different PP here. Nobody was "vilifying" her, so stop exagerrating. I thought the PP who phrased it as "I gotta ask... no judging" was simply curious. Geesh!

Curious my foot. It was obvious this was fresh meat on the block. Ha!

I actually was curious and still am -- not so much about the money but the time involved. I can recall getting my hair cut maybe once every semester, but I would never have had time to get a manicure or visit a tanning salon ('tho I have some very happy memories of sunbathing on the dorm roof during spring exams.)

Maybe I missed the part where we're talking about whether parents go to orientation. I said DD wanted us there to get in all sorts of extras because she knew it would be the last time to do so once we left her new city. So, this did not interrupt her study time and we would not fund those extras during the school year.

So this was during orientation . . . gosh, that still seems so different from my kids' experience. We went to dinner the night before move-in with their roommates and their parents. The next day they moved in, we had lunch on campus, and then they were whisked off for various orientation events and activities, as were we. We saw them briefly at the end of the day for the presidents' welcome address, then, after we said good-bye, they went to their events and we went to a reception for parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

Why do you people have such a hard time letting folks do with what they want with their money? Tanning may not be your thing. Is Target the next target (no pun intended) to be vilified? Geesh!

Different PP here. Nobody was "vilifying" her, so stop exagerrating. I thought the PP who phrased it as "I gotta ask... no judging" was simply curious. Geesh!

Curious my foot. It was obvious this was fresh meat on the block. Ha!

I actually was curious and still am -- not so much about the money but the time involved. I can recall getting my hair cut maybe once every semester, but I would never have had time to get a manicure or visit a tanning salon ('tho I have some very happy memories of sunbathing on the dorm roof during spring exams.)

Maybe I missed the part where we're talking about whether parents go to orientation. I said DD wanted us there to get in all sorts of extras because she knew it would be the last time to do so once we left her new city. So, this did not interrupt her study time and we would not fund those extras during the school year.

That's what I figured when I read your first post. I guess it's all in the way people interpret.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wanted us to come to orientation. She wanted one last nice dinner out in her new town, she wanted to find a nail and tanning place, and a Target. Because she knew that when we left, so did the credit card. I advised her on nothing except colors.

I've gotta ask -- your daughter has time for manicures and tanning? Where is this? (Not judging, just honestly curious as this is so very different from my kids' experience or my own from back in the day.

Why do you people have such a hard time letting folks do with what they want with their money? Tanning may not be your thing. Is Target the next target (no pun intended) to be vilified? Geesh!

Different PP here. Nobody was "vilifying" her, so stop exagerrating. I thought the PP who phrased it as "I gotta ask... no judging" was simply curious. Geesh!

Curious my foot. It was obvious this was fresh meat on the block. Ha!

I actually was curious and still am -- not so much about the money but the time involved. I can recall getting my hair cut maybe once every semester, but I would never have had time to get a manicure or visit a tanning salon ('tho I have some very happy memories of sunbathing on the dorm roof during spring exams.)

Maybe I missed the part where we're talking about whether parents go to orientation. I said DD wanted us there to get in all sorts of extras because she knew it would be the last time to do so once we left her new city. So, this did not interrupt her study time and we would not fund those extras during the school year.

So this was during orientation . . . gosh, that still seems so different from my kids' experience. We went to dinner the night before move-in with their roommates and their parents. The next day they moved in, we had lunch on campus, and then they were whisked off for various orientation events and activities, as were we. We saw them briefly at the end of the day for the presidents' welcome address, then, after we said good-bye, they went to their events and we went to a reception for parents.

Your experience was different from PP's. Relax, let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I missed the part where we're talking about whether parents go to orientation. I said DD wanted us there to get in all sorts of extras because she knew it would be the last time to do so once we left her new city. So, this did not interrupt her study time and we would not fund those extras during the school year.

So this was during orientation . . . gosh, that still seems so different from my kids' experience. We went to dinner the night before move-in with their roommates and their parents. The next day they moved in, we had lunch on campus, and then they were whisked off for various orientation events and activities, as were we. We saw them briefly at the end of the day for the presidents' welcome address, then, after we said good-bye, they went to their events and we went to a reception for parents.

Your experience was different from PP's. Relax, let it go.

What's wrong with you? OP asked for different experiences. Two posters have provided pretty different experiences. That's good, right? No need for you to insult anybody.

[Anonymous]

DD was moving to a new city 1000 miles away. DH had never seen the campus or city. We flew out a few days early and did a handful of things together, got DD her necessities and plenty of special treats. Then we flew home. Don't know what's so "gosh, so different" about it.