In 2010, I was working in an HRCS that got a lot of play on here. The DC school forum was a hot mess, and I couldn’t look away.

Over the years, I’ve frequented infertility, then pregnancy and infant/toddler, nanny forums, special needs, PG schools, private schools, now it’s home schooling and travel, local politics, recent topics.

DCUM has been there through it all. I come here quickly for anything local I want to scoop.

I see the college forums

When DD grew pubic hair. We still laugh about it. I googled something and this thread on DCUM showed up where this mom tells her daughter “ Honey, your pubes are showing!” I was laughing so hard, DD came and read what was in my screen out loud. Which made it even funnier.

2008. I was moving to DC, so very young but recently married and considering starting a family and somehow stumbled across this site. I didn’t end up becoming a mom until 2015, and no longer live in DC.

I was living in Los Angeles but due to move to Bethesda (where I'd already lived a couple of years earlier) but this time with 2 x rising 3rd graders. I was looking for information on public schools and private schools in the area and I googled some question and - boom - I was in the forum for private schools etc.

It has been immensely helpful for the kind of information I was looking for early on, but also finding out about SSL / camps / colleges. I started looking at the college forum when my kids were in maybe 7th or 8th grade, so I was able to sift through all the crazy and find some good nuggets of information.

My kids have started college this year but I still go and read / write in the Ents and books section, sometimes off topic and eldercare etc.

I would like to wean myself off it completely so hopefully that will happen soon.

Probably around 5 years ago, read an article that mentioned it and came here after urbanbaby shut down.

Anonymous wrote:? And when?

2011 when buying a house here, used DCUM real estate. Didn’t explore the rest until a couple years later and the baby & kid stuff.
The school stuff, and relationships. Off topic only recently. Politics for a laugh but it seems like same handful of people and mostly topic lifts from elsewhere .

I love DC!

Around 2010 researching private schools

Dentis told me. 2002

Ten years ago when we were moving to the area and researching schools and neighborhoods (google search result).

Anonymous wrote:2002? I’m an OG DCUM list serve user.

Same. I was pregnant and researching daycares.

In 2024, while Googling in search of loose talk about the private school my Brooklyn-raised children attend.

2002? I’m an OG DCUM list serve user.

2010/2011

Found our amazing nanny here!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2002? Was looking for a nanny for kids that are now 23 and 27. The question is why do I stay?

Because you have no life?

You’re here too.

2012, when we were doing home improvements and I was looking for contractor recommendations.