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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone I just met asked me what my DD is doing and I said she is getting her MSW. The woman responded, “Fun” in what I perceived to be a dismissive way. DD has a clear career path, a terrific paid internship, graduated from a top school and is at a top grad program. She will graduate without loans. I don’t get the judgment on kids who don’t go into more prestigious fields like IB, medicine, law, or even CS or engineering. She asked about my DS and he is pursuing one of the above fields and she was a lot more interested in that. I didn’t really respond. How should I respond? Still bothers me several days later.[/quote]

I bet you went to a SLAC and are always on the defensive (much like the majority of your peers on DCUM) and looking for validation from others.  Don't focus on finding fault.  Maybe she doesn't know anything about MSW (I'm assuming it's Masters in Social Work).  She was looking for a conversation topic, asked you a question and didn't know how to proceed that further and stopped with "fun".  You don't have to justify your child's choices to anyone.  The fact that this "bothers" you is evidence that you are looking for validation from others.  Quit that.

I personally don't have a clue what one would do after an MSW education and would likely ask some "nice" sounds like "oh, wow!" etc. and move on.  She chose "Fun".  [/quote]

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