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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS has the same issue. I have encouraged him to keep everything quiet until he decides where to go. That is what we'll tell people too. Especially relatives.[/quote]

Yeah, that's the problem - he knows which acceptance he'll take, and everyone else suspects, but the acceptance isn't the end. Attending isn't a guarantee if he's admitted. [/quote]

This is family, right? Family that you love and who loves you and your kid? If that’s the case, *if it were us* I would just be honest. “He’s at the xyz stage, still hoping for blah blah but don’t know how things will turn out becaise of blah blah.”

The other vague responses are for people with whom you are not particularly close or there’s some issue about competition or something else that leads you to hold them at arms’ length.[/quote]

I feel like that leads to a lot of disappointment and questions if things don't work out, you know? You're probably right, but...[/quote]

Aren't they (family members) going to know everything at the end of the process anyway? [/quote]

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