Anonymous wrote:My kid forgot the contents of his last load of laundry -- in the dryer. All his most favorite clothes were in it!

I'm trying to remember packing and moving to college freshman year back in 1985. I know I brought an umbrella, because it was stolen - SWINDLED, actually (I still haven't gotten over that) - from me, first week of school. I imagine that I somehow bought a replacement, but from where? Probably the college bookstore sold them, or a local variety shop/Woolworth's type place on the main street?

It was easier to buy things you needed back then, because all the little stores hadn't been put out of business by Target/Walmart/Amazon, I think.

I'm laughing with you, I promise.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone explain the pool noodle.

I think someone said they needed it to stuff into the space between the bed and the wall.

NP here and I still don’t get it. Why is there a space between the bed and the wall? And if there is, why is it a problem?

Anonymous wrote:Someone explain the pool noodle.

I think someone said they needed it to stuff into the space between the bed and the wall.

Someone explain the pool noodle.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is now a senior and each year she brings MUCH less than the year before.

BUT, we would be lost without Amazon. Can you imagine how much time parents must have wasted in the past mailing forgotten items to kids at college?

actually - the kids just survived without them - figured it out.

Eh, no. My parents sent me my glasses and pillowcases in 1981.

My kid forgot the contents of his last load of laundry -- in the dryer. All his most favorite clothes were in it!

I'm trying to remember packing and moving to college freshman year back in 1985. I know I brought an umbrella, because it was stolen - SWINDLED, actually (I still haven't gotten over that) - from me, first week of school. I imagine that I somehow bought a replacement, but from where? Probably the college bookstore sold them, or a local variety shop/Woolworth's type place on the main street?

It was easier to buy things you needed back then, because all the little stores hadn't been put out of business by Target/Walmart/Amazon, I think.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is now a senior and each year she brings MUCH less than the year before.

BUT, we would be lost without Amazon. Can you imagine how much time parents must have wasted in the past mailing forgotten items to kids at college?

actually - the kids just survived without them - figured it out.

This is what I was thinking! And not in a negative way, but a "Ha, that's so true!" way. This applies to life in general - we used to all get by before Amazon changed our view on life and needs.

+1

We definitely survived college without pool noodles.

The Dollar Store has pool noodles for $1.

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Anonymous wrote:Fortunately I will never know as DC was responsible for packing and DC will be responsible for figuring out how to get anything they forgot!

That’s just not who we are as a family. We all depend and help each other including extended family. I’d definitely send my kid or nieces or nephew’s something they forgot. So would my sisters and brothers.

This is me, now, second PP. My parents sound exactly like the first PP. I vowed to my kids that I would always do whatever was necessary to help them, big or small.

+1 re: my own parents vs. how DH and I operate.

My kid did not need her risers (plastic "stilts" that you can use to raise up your bed, to create more storage underneath).

Nothing. Brought some stuff home, mostly a box full of over door hooks and adhesive crap. Only one hook worked, and it's on the side of his wardrobe.

Anyone have luck finding an over door multi hook that fits on the standard wardrobe doors. Ours were way to big, and slid around.

I love this thread and my kid isn't even in college yet! The pool noodle is such a good tip that would never be on my radar otherwise!

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is now a senior and each year she brings MUCH less than the year before.

BUT, we would be lost without Amazon. Can you imagine how much time parents must have wasted in the past mailing forgotten items to kids at college?

actually - the kids just survived without them - figured it out.

This is what I was thinking! And not in a negative way, but a "Ha, that's so true!" way. This applies to life in general - we used to all get by before Amazon changed our view on life and needs.

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Anonymous wrote:Fortunately I will never know as DC was responsible for packing and DC will be responsible for figuring out how to get anything they forgot!

i love how these people have to pop up on every thread to post something like this, or "land the helicopter"! You are just trying to make yourself feel better because you have a crappy relationship with your kid. The rest of us do not feel the least bit guilty that we do not.

NP. Just because PP’s kid is more independent than yours doesn’t say *anything* about their relationship.

But you jumping to that conclusion says a lot about you.

So independent people never forget or need minor help? Come on. I’m extremely independent as a professional and parent and DH just I teed over a file I forgot at home.

Ditto, my kids did their own packing, but I helped them think about what to buy and consider bringing since this is their first experience with college (obviously). They decided what they needed on their own and packed themselves. My DS forgot his sunglasses, bathing suit and floss and my DD forgot her make up mirror but also decided she wanted a different pair of sneakers for the 30,000 steps she was getting in walking to class.

I could have shipped all but yes (the horrors!) I drove down and met them for lunch and brought what they needed. We also went to the store and bought other things they decided they needed after having lived there for a bit. I am 100% sure someone will criticize me for going down there but I do not care LOL. Other stuff they have decided they may need, they have bought on campus or ordered from Amazon.

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