tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7076613178230797962..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: For Those Of You Poor Bastards Who Teach Them AND Raise Them. 5 Ways to Deal With the College Kids Coming Home. From HuffPo.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31942737788387151652014-12-20T19:58:21.454-05:002014-12-20T19:58:21.454-05:00In my grad dorm dining hall there were little bott...In my grad dorm dining hall there were little bottles of tabasco sauce on each table, which were put to regular use by many of the residents. But I think that was a case of trying to make bland American institutional food taste more like mom's (usually south-Asian) food, rather than vice versaContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73527265116061899182014-12-20T15:32:20.624-05:002014-12-20T15:32:20.624-05:00My mother thanked me for visiting. Then, thanked m...My mother thanked me for visiting. Then, thanked me for leaving. Karen Ackoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527412523732265688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24080889979326488332014-12-20T09:47:56.918-05:002014-12-20T09:47:56.918-05:00I think it helped that I was the youngest child. T...I think it helped that I was the youngest child. The rules that applied to me while home on break from college were more like restatements of things that would apply to anybody under 21, with some recognition of what I could (or already did) get away with while at college. <br /><br />* The car is a shared resource, and paterfamilias needs it to get to work. So the car will be in the driveway at Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56413504703041697192014-12-19T19:30:03.790-05:002014-12-19T19:30:03.790-05:00Frenna, it was 1 1pm for me, but yeah, lots of ten...Frenna, it was 1 1pm for me, but yeah, lots of tension there. oye.Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71181636219011506712014-12-19T15:35:41.615-05:002014-12-19T15:35:41.615-05:00Drove me crazy when I came home. My dad wanted me...Drove me crazy when I came home. My dad wanted me in at 10PM!!! We butted heads over this a lot.Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41080433280306967312014-12-19T03:51:37.470-05:002014-12-19T03:51:37.470-05:00My Mom complained that whenever any of her boys ca...My Mom complained that whenever any of her boys came home from college, we would dump salt on whatever she'd made for dinner before even tasting it. I was no exception.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69507837653482461622014-12-19T02:12:37.860-05:002014-12-19T02:12:37.860-05:00On the Intertubes all media writers think your IQ ...On the Intertubes all media writers think your IQ is no bigger than your shoe size.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60308944464528952312014-12-18T23:14:18.682-05:002014-12-18T23:14:18.682-05:00Yeah, 'cause nothing says "home" lik...Yeah, 'cause nothing says "home" like a 23:00 curfew and a bunk bed.<br /><br />By this point, we shouldn't be talking arbitrary "rules" but best practices for respecting the rights and needs of others in the house. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.com