<p>Dear Parents,Or Students</p>
<p>I have seen many of my daughters friends complaining/her complaining about her dorm being too small,the comforter not fitting right..etc..
I was wondering what do your teens constantly complain about whilst going away to college,it may be in there dorms.
Ex:Needing a different desk not fitting/needing room service for dorms at night/no premium cable service in dorms.
Just want to know if my daughters a pain or not lol.</p>
<p>Hah, mine would know not to open their mouths and complain about one thing in a dorm room with the cost we’ll putting forth for their education. My two oldest moved out of the dorms after freshman year and I’m guessing my third will also, but complain…no, they know better then to pull that with their dad and I. No ‘premium cable’ complaint would be blasphemy.</p>
<p>Both of my daughters wanted some privacy, so they had singles. We furnished their rooms as comfortable as possible by getting very thick mattress topper, nice linen, storage shelf, air filter, fan for their rooms. They also had fridge, microwave, espresso maker, water filter…all the comfort of home. They both loved their rooms in school. The only complaint they had was the communal bathroom, but they got over it pretty quickly.</p>
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<p>Sounds like me and my extended family. Complaining about “minor matters” like dorm furnishings being too plain or not to one’s personal tastes when they are otherwise functional is considered whining and thus, extremely poor form. </p>
<p>It would also not make much sense since I was paying for the tiny portion of tuition/dorm fees not covered by my near-full ride myself through part-time/summer earnings.</p>
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<p>Do they have room service during the day 
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<p>Seamless is your friend.</p>
<p>Haha oldfort, I see a lot of Seamless charges show up on the credit card bill!</p>
<p>There is nothing more unsettling (sometimes comforting) when I see a Seamless confirmation comes through on my email. My kids know my acct, which also has my credit card info.</p>
<p>What is Seamless?</p>
<p>My son has not complained at all about his accommodations. My daughter will be a different story.</p>
<p>Cable service?
Lol
Dorms dont have cable.
No complaints although youngest did move off campus for sophomore year.</p>
<p>I didn’t know what Seamless is either - google is our friend! [Help</a> & FAQs | Order Online Food Delivery & Takeout | Seamless](<a href=“http://www.seamless.com/food-delivery/help.m]Help”>http://www.seamless.com/food-delivery/help.m)</p>
<p>My son and daughter both seemed to call and complain about various things (although not about their rooms) for several months after they first started school. At first I felt stressed out and worried about them, but quickly realized they were just venting to me since they didn’t have any good friends yet and wouldn’t want to vent to friends anyway.</p>
<p>The biggest thing my kid complained about was the food. Glad she has moved off campus this year and I no longer have to pay $1,900 per semester for her to eat cereal, salad, and fruit!</p>
<p>Both D’s dorms have cable and wi-fi, and at least suite bathrooms. What is there to complain about? :)</p>
<p>cable service would be a step up for my child - no cable at home.</p>
<p>BTMell, thanks! It’s no wonder I have never heard of Seamless. It is only in 40 cities so far. Which means it is unlikely to be in a lot of the college towns our kids’ schools are located in. :(</p>
<p>Mine didn’t complain about dorms and their campus food is/was great. But when D1 is very nervous, she complains about me. She’s leaving for a country where her living arrangements will make college dorms and bathrooms seem like castles. Sometimes, our kids can’t express the anxiety about a major life shift and it comes out as griping. (But, yes, I work on her fussing.)</p>
<p>My son complains about the weather in Cleveland but not his accommodations.</p>
<p>Kids who complain about accommodations in college are bound to have a rude awakening when they graduate and are out on their own. In the absence of trust fund checks every month they are not going to be living with the amenities their parents have after decades of working and saving. College is a pretty easy living transition in my opinion. Perhaps that is the difference between parents who grew up with depression era parents and those that did not. I really hope that the original post is a joke just to see how “we” parents would react.</p>
<p>I guess if the question is primarily about accommodations, then my kids have not complained. They never had tvs or computers in their rooms, we only have network channels, they’ve always shared a bathroom- I would imagine the big difference is in having a roommate- and that can be a BIG difference.</p>