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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine is in the same place, and I suspect the previous posters suggesting your child is not ready for college don't have older teens.  They will get crummy housing and not their first choice of classes, and hopefully, they'll learn.  It's ok and will be ok.  Promise.[/quote]

Without prompting my senior DS has:

--Signed up for a 2-day orientation. He asked about our vacation dates, scheduled it, and took the days off work since it's all day. I have no idea what date it is, and he told me he has prereqs for it that he needs to do

--Found a roommate on IG and applied for housing. We didn't talk about cost because he wanted a hall dorm so he doesn't have to clean a bathroom, so I assume it's the cheapest.

--Been coordinating with friends who are going to school to compare notes and ask questions.

--Forwarded me a payment plan email. I did say earlier that I needed all financial info promptly.

He's told me all of this. I did ask him to look up AP credits and said that I was concerned that he wouldn't have graduate in 4 years, prompting it to cost more. He got annoyed, said he would graduate in 4 years, and that he would handle it (i.e. the details of AP). That's been the extent of my involvement, for comparison's sake. [/quote]

Your kid sounds great. You sound a little annoying (this list, e.g.). :)

-A mom of a kid who is mostly together, but sorta still not back to fighting form after months of horizontal inertia. Fingers crossed she'll pop up and

-- start
-- doing 
-- things
-- like 
-- this! 
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I guess it just proves you can have a great kid even when you're annoying!  :lol: It's not easy to take a backseat, but it's good for both of us. I am kinda proud of both of us because I don't want to be the parent who is all up in my kid's email. I have been working over the last few years to make a life that's focused on me as my kids are launching. [/quote]

Snarky PP here coming back to say- I take it back.  You sound like you made a conscious effort to step back and I am just jealous. Good for you both and may ALL our kiddos do alright once they finally launch! 👍[/quote]

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