Posted by mair on March 23, 2004, at 12:31:24
In reply to Re: Off the subject » mair, posted by DaisyM on March 23, 2004, at 10:34:34
God that's funny - I actually laughed out loud, a rarity when I'm sitting in my office with no one around.
My son's phone call was made to my house - I don't know why since he knows I work and am typically not at home at 1 in the afternoon. He got my 16 year old daughter, who has TONS more common sense and basic survival skills. He told her he had a clothes question which he didn't want to ask her since she "wouldn't know." The deal was that he had just tried a polo shirt on which was a size L, but seemed tight to him. Should he buy an XL? She said, yes of course, to which he replied "but I'm not a size XL" After all of these years, the idea that different brands and cuts fit differently is one that has escaped him, as is the thought that maybe he could have saved himself the phone call by simply trying the larger size on.
You may be right about the gender stuff though. When my husband went to college, he destroyed a few nylon socks trying to iron them.
My son attends a very competative New England college. Like your son, he's pretty bright and a high achiever, but at times his total lack of life skills frightens me no end.
On the other hand, I wish everyone could have an 18 year old son like mine and yours - they are such a delight.
Mair
BTW - my son did figure out on his own how to wash sheets BUT he admitted to me that it would never have occurred to him to wash them at all had I not reminded him when I dropped him off at school last fall.
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