<p>Will the OP's mother be serving on the thesis committee too?</p>
<p>Can I ask what the situation would have been for your son if he had gone right into the workforce? Would you have flown out with him to check out a city if he had interviewed in a new place for a job? Does this have more to do with it being graduate school or is it related to wanting to give your son the best he can have regardless of what he does? </p>
<p>By the way, my parents were instrumental when my wife and I relocated to our current home from a different part of the country (we moved to where my parents live/I grew up). They allowed my wife to stay with them for a few weeks while she was finding an apartment and then allowed us to use their garage as a staging ground for our move. Having parents still be involved in your lives in your mid twenties can be a really good thing and I don't think that we should turn our noses up at that. It still strikes me as amazing though that you would go out to a graduate school interview with your son.</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong. I am very involved in my adult married children's lives. My oldest son and his wife asked both sets of parents to go with them to look at the two houses they wanted to decide between when they bought their first home. We have helped both married couples move at least a couple of times. We will all certainly help their sister move when she goes to grad school, and I have gone with her to look at potential apartments. But going with her to a grad school recruitment weekend, even to do things separate from her, just feels strange. Maybe it's just me, though.</p>
<p>i think some of you guys are going overboard. it's not a "cut the umbilical cord" issue. obviously i am very independent and all that. BUT i will value my parents' opinions for the REST OF MY LIFE!</p>
<p>that said, i understand if it's weird to have parents at recruitment weekends. i was just curious. i don't need the sarcastic comments.</p>
<p>belevitt, IF my son asked me to go with him to check out say Seattle (which I have never been to) for a job prospect I would go. It is NOT like he is getting my permission - we look at it more like a vacation. It is no different than going to look at a kid's first home like churchmusicmom. I don't see any difference in these two situations at all. I don't want to meet his profs or even students he will be going to school with. </p>
<p>This may also be a little different for us because he will be graduating in May, and then going to Germany for about five weeks and then from there to Turkey until around August 18th. He is hoping to go a school in NYC which means finding an apartment in a couple of weeks before school starts. It might be likely that I go with a friend he is planning on rooming with to pick out apartments. Is this weird? I don't know but should he pass up the opportunity to work with his undergrad profs on projects relating to his field of study?</p>
<p>BTW, most of my son's friends are jealous that they don't have parents like he does. So I don't care how weird other people think it is and veeplus I don't think your mom is weird at all. You should be glad & sound like you are that you can count on your mom for advice. Good luck with your visit!</p>