Cutting the Umbilical Cord

[dekeguy]

This is actually a trend?????
I am still very close to my parents and siblings, but, rush??? job interviews??? who would hire these people? who would bid anyone who showed up for rush with mummy and daddy???
OK, if you are a legacy and/or your dad is president of the alumni chapter a discrete note or phone call or quiet word dropped in the right ear could be helpful. But to come with you?
Like the kid said to Shoeless Joe Jackson, "say it ain't so Joe!"

[WVU alpha phi]

As a recent grad, I'm going on out-of-state interviews later this week and my parents will be traveling with me. But there's NO WAY I will let them come WITH me to the interview- I told them they can drop me off or I'll drop them off and pick them up (we're only taking one car). They're mostly going to be helping me out on my apartment-search; the job search has been left up to me.

I think I still need my parents input on some things like looking for my first non-college apartment.. they just know a lot more about that stuff than I do. And while they've made it clear that they aren't going to cut me off when I move, I personally want to be as financially independent as possible. None of my other friends who graduated in May with me seem to feel like this.. only one other works full time, the rest are "taking the summer off" aka living off their parents wallets until they feel like job hunting.

[minDyG]

Originally Posted by dekeguy

This is actually a trend?????
I am still very close to my parents and siblings, but, rush??? job interviews??? who would hire these people? who would bid anyone who showed up for rush with mummy and daddy???
OK, if you are a legacy and/or your dad is president of the alumni chapter a discrete note or phone call or quiet word dropped in the right ear could be helpful. But to come with you?
Like the kid said to Shoeless Joe Jackson, "say it ain't so Joe!"

I think the parents being with kids while they were going through recruitment example was more a case of like...moms getting a hotel room in the college town so that they could help their daughters get ready/comfort them when they got through the day, especially if they got cut from a favorite house. I'm not saying I think it's a good idea, but I could see where it would be a temptation for a mom. Well, not for MY mom but for certain moms.