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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love the story about the parents being so proud. My parents were proud of me, as well, although I don't remember them gushing. But I definitely knew.

They actually had a weird experience where they met up with my dad's fraternity brothers right before I graduated college. They all seemed to have stories of how their kids struggled with school, drugs, etc. When the group got around to asking "how's your daughter?", my parents almost felt bad saying "[b]well, she's about to graduate from a top college with honors just after turning 21 and plans to move to DC..[/b]." I mean, they were super proud and happy that I had done well, of course. It was just awkward.[/quote]

There's no reason they had to say that. They could have said "Thanks for asking; she's doing well," and then moved on. They didn't need to brag. You can say someone's about to graduate without saying it's from a top college or with honors. And planning to move to DC is not some accomplishment. So gross and disgusting. [/quote]

This happened almost 25 years ago and this is my recollection of their recounting of the gathering. Pretty sure they didn’t say it exactly in that manner, and that the details came out a little more naturally during conversation. I was summarizing and paraphrasing a bit.

I didn’t grow up here or attend college here, so moving here right after college without a stop home first was at least of note.

They were just happy that they had nothing unfortunate to share. My parents both worked with kids that struggled and were happy that I had been a good kid for the most part that had done well with school, activities and friendships. They are proud and also consider themselves lucky.[/quote]

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