<p>Who pays for cable anyway? Happykid’s gang all watches netlflix.</p>
<p>@Massmomm: I was alone, international (flew across the globe through 10 timezones) to move into a dorm without ever having sleepovers/camps anything and I did fine.</p>
<p>Also, I think OP’s complaints are obnoxious. It just has a lot of to do with character building and how you were raised.</p>
<p>My oldest son was not wild about the food. Guess he was used to our cooking.</p>
<p>But, the loudest I heard him complain was when he moved into an off campus place that the school rented. It was left a mess. The carpets were dirty. The trash was not dumped. The place was not clean. His roommate knew someone in housing, and he let them know how they felt.</p>
<h1>37 Yeah, I figured that. My kids are such slackers (hangs head in shame…)</h1>
<p>Hmmm…I think that was Massmom’s point. She said, “I can’t imagine sending a kid off for the first time at 18.”. In other words, surely they would have been off on their own prior to that. And if not…of course that experience would be very anxiety provoking.</p>
<p>DS is not a complainer but when I asked him how the food was he said it was edible… so I take that to mean it’s not very good.:)</p>
<p>S never complained but he is extremely happy to be moving off campus this year. </p>
<p>D’s college provides cable, wifi, suites and Tempur-Pedic mattresses. So she complains when she has to come home hahaha.</p>
<p>My kids had their complaints, and that was fine. They had theri complaints at home, and everywhere. People often complain. None of the complaints about the quality of the dorms and other such things were memorable, but some of mine did have problems that were issues. Those are the real headaches, neck pains and heart aches in the whole experience.</p>
<p>Just trying to imagine how hard I would laugh if my 18 year old called me up to complain about an ill-fitting comforter.</p>
<p>(the bed would have to be made first to determine if it fits and that is unlikley)</p>
<p>^^Exactly. When packing over the weekend I asked my son if we should pack 2 sets of sheets or 3…it was like I was speaking Latin.</p>
<p>The food. In return for a ten year contract, Aramark (you know, the ballpark food vendor) renovated the cafeteria. So no incentive to serve decent food for another nine years or so when their contract comes up for renewal. And tbh, DD’s dad (the family cook) is darn good so she is spoiled. She also has a more or less endless supply of a variety of fruit at home as well as decent rice which every Asian American kid needs.</p>
<p>This year, it looks like she may be entering into roommate drama as her three suitemates are friends and just before she flew off they were texting her secrets about the others or some such. She doesn’t really know any of them so was pretty surprised and annoyed and a bit alarmed.</p>
<p>My daughter insisted on a queen comforter for her twin xl dorm bed. She solved her own problem of the comforter never quite covering her sufficiently and it hangs down enough to cover the containers stored under her elevated bed. Come to think of it, she did complain when she came home that her dorm bed was more comfortable!</p>
<p>How lovely that this 25 year-old parent, new to CC, has posted this thought-provoking question about his/her child’s experience at P of C College. I’m not sure, but I’m guessing this is a branch of P.O.S. College.</p>
<p>Good detective work, zipyourlips!!</p>
<p>I have been at college for only five days and classes start today. Dorm living is certainly not like living at home; but, I can live with the lack of air conditioning and lack of personal space. My complaint is that too many students, including freshmen, are getting drunk. Also, the school policy is so lenient. No report to police or loss of scholarships. I hope that things settle down now that classes have started.</p>
<p>OP, if you are for real, yes, your D is a pain.</p>
<p>Cons of dorming:</p>
<p>My room’s A/C is terrible. It is always breaking down and maintenance does not care. They “fix” it and it breaks a few days later. What I mean by this is that I will max it out at low temperature. Despite this, the room keeps getting warmer. </p>
<p>Bugs</p>
<p>Bad food</p>
<p>Bad dining staff</p>
<p>Sometimes something might be bothering a college kid and they aren’t really sure what it is. So they might zoom in on the frustration of an ill-fitting comforter. They are often on their own for the first time in college, so the totality of it may overwhelm them. Maybe they never once thought about their comforter before or much else when it comes to their environment, but now they see it all in a new light. (And by the way, I’ve awakened in the middle of the night with twisted blankets and found it to be an irritant, so the comforter thing to me is understandable).</p>
<p>My son fussed about things the first semester in college (he’s a junior now). I think he was just figuring out how he fit in at school. Rather than say, ‘I’m not sure if I’m being accepted’ or ‘I’m worried that I can’t do the work’, he would say, 'The food sucks, my roommate snores". Some complaining is normal, I think.</p>
<p>I learned to not worry so much about his complaints. Comments from me like, “oh, that’s terrible” when he mentioned the food were all he really needed. If he requested something to make school life go smoother, like a printer for his room, I would help with that. </p>
<p>He and his roommate had one of the crappiest sub level dorm rooms. After Christmas break another slightly better room on the floor became vacant, and son emailed someone to see if they could transfer to it. His friends (yes, he made some, lol) said he’d never get permission, but he did, so they moved into it one afternoon. I guess he felt like his complaints about the room were bad enough that it was worth it to move.</p>
<p>I stayed in a dorm situation for two weeks and found it manageable. One bathroom area for six dorms with two people in each dorm, we worked out a shower situation, etc. But I’m not sure I could do it for a prolonged period of time.</p>