Anonymous
Post 11/30/2025 12:49     Subject: Everyone has an opinion: holiday edition
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is the school?


Probably the only school that would make me squirm would be Liberty.


Liberty, Hillsdale any schools with those ties hell no.


Can’t handle the truth?
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2025 11:25     Subject: Everyone has an opinion: holiday edition
Anonymous wrote:People that haven't paid attention to colleges since 1990 do not have any opinion that's worthwhile. So much has changed.

I wouldn't bother engaging. And I'd tell my kid, Aunt Sally and Grandpa are old and stuck in their views. Tell them you read about Bill Clinton in history class, and ask them what it was like living in that era. And have them explain what a fax is. Or a VCR. And then the conversation will drift into how everything was better before smartphones and the internet.

Problem solved.


Yes, problem solved. Just don’t let your geriatric Gen X relatives bring up how they typed or handwrote your college applications and went to an actual post office to mail them.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2025 11:13     Subject: Everyone has an opinion: holiday edition
If someone told me they were sending their kid to Oberlin, I would respond, “Pardon me while I squirm.” After all, just because a school turns your stomach, it’s no reason to forget your manners.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2025 11:12     Subject: Everyone has an opinion: holiday edition
Anonymous wrote:This reminds me of how every relative chimed in when we shared the names we chose for our kids, “Oh no! You cannot name them ____. I knew a lady with that name and she was horrible!”

I think the best option is just to announce in May, after the decision is set in stone. The relatives can just accept that they will have no influence by then.


OP here. This is funny because, come to think of it, my MIL did not conceal her thoughts about the name we chose for this child, either. This is a family where traditions run deep and certain things just aren’t [supposed to be] done. I still have trouble with it all these years later.