@Youdon’tsay I agree! Thank you for your comment. I’m back on here a few years later with child #2 so I just wanted to update this. @bluebayou that could be how it happened… or maybe they were able to request it? At least it was only for the first year, as after that he went to a frat and she got a house off campus with roommates. I guess it didn’t do any harm, looking back on it, and maybe gave them both a certain comfort level during the first year.
A question to the OP, would you worry as much about ending up in the same dorm with your HS bf as you now worry about your daughter? The only reason I ask is that my husband and I were reminiscing recently how many “stupid” things we did in our youth that should have frightened my parents, like moving in together after only knowing each other for 3 months (I was only 21 at the time), etc. Things worked out beautifully for us, but if our daughter was to go in our footsteps, I’d be sick with worry I guess. So I too would say let your daughter figure it out on her own - she is probably more mature and capable of making good decisions than you realize - our kids will always be kids to us, right?
good question @typiCAmom- she is now a fairly mature 27 year old with a great job and stable relationship- she has proven that she makes good decisions, but when she was 18 I didn’t automatically assume that! Now that she has perspective I am going to ask her, in hindsight, was the same college/same dorm w HS BF freshman year a good idea or not?!!
this is such a cool thread 