Cmon

So did some entitled parents show up for A-Day? I would not want to be the Cadet whose parents showed up for a surreptitious meeting, nor would I want to compromise DS like with such a visit.
 
So did some entitled parents show up for A-Day? I would not want to be the Cadet whose parents showed up for a surreptitious meeting, nor would I want to compromise DS like with such a visit.
:rolleyes:
 
Sadly this was a huge issue yesterday on a USNA FB page. Parents have been at each other's throats regarding visiting the yard. The academy has politely said, if you aren't essential don't come on the yard. When the no Thanksgiving email came out to mids, parents immediately started planning visits. It was a nasty, attacking, accusatory thread. It made me sad.

Our son left June 29 and we mentally prepared to not see him until Christmas, if then. It isn't what I want, but it is what it is. I am likely leaving that particular page, it is just too much vitriol.
 
Sadly this was a huge issue yesterday on a USNA FB page. Parents have been at each other's throats regarding visiting the yard. The academy has politely said, if you aren't essential don't come on the yard. When the no Thanksgiving email came out to mids, parents immediately started planning visits. It was a nasty, attacking, accusatory thread. It made me sad.

Our son left June 29 and we mentally prepared to not see him until Christmas, if then. It isn't what I want, but it is what it is. I am likely leaving that particular page, it is just too much vitriol.
So often, parents turn out to be the lowest common denominators. A sad fact.
 
Sadly this was a huge issue yesterday on a USNA FB page. Parents have been at each other's throats regarding visiting the yard. The academy has politely said, if you aren't essential don't come on the yard. When the no Thanksgiving email came out to mids, parents immediately started planning visits. It was a nasty, attacking, accusatory thread. It made me sad.

Our son left June 29 and we mentally prepared to not see him until Christmas, if then. It isn't what I want, but it is what it is. I am likely leaving that particular page, it is just too much vitriol.
😱
 
IF our plebe can fly out on the 13th to come home it will have been 168 days in between hugs. That's a long time.
 
IF our plebe can fly out on the 13th to come home it will have been 168 days in between hugs. That's a long time.
I think 168 days between hugs will be better than what I got from him in high school! Seriously if I try to calculate it! He never left us so he never hugged us. Though I tried when I went on weekend trips, etc. But since he is leaving and arriving he has to play dutiful son - he gave me a big hug at the airport when he departed for Plebe Summer.
 
Sadly this was a huge issue yesterday on a USNA FB page. Parents have been at each other's throats regarding visiting the yard. The academy has politely said, if you aren't essential don't come on the yard. When the no Thanksgiving email came out to mids, parents immediately started planning visits. It was a nasty, attacking, accusatory thread. It made me sad.

Our son left June 29 and we mentally prepared to not see him until Christmas, if then. It isn't what I want, but it is what it is. I am likely leaving that particular page, it is just too much vitriol.
I have noticed that particular page can get nasty and I prefer the BLB 2024 page much more calm. Maybe it is just too big...
 
I think 168 days between hugs will be better than what I got from him in high school! Seriously if I try to calculate it! He never left us so he never hugged us. Though I tried when I went on weekend trips, etc. But since he is leaving and arriving he has to play dutiful son - he gave me a big hug at the airport when he departed for Plebe Summer.
I totally get this. We aren’t a super huggy family. He went on boys state and nation and national competitions for weeks away from home. He just kind of came and went without fanfare. I wanted to envelope him in hugs and not let go. I guess we do what we need to and what our own family needs. I am guessing I will get a legit solid hug in December.
 
DS, an Army Armor 2LT, is shipping out soon to the Middle East, very possibly to a combat zone.

No family visits due to quarantine rules.

It is just the way it is now. :(
Ugh. Hugs to all of you. And lots of FaceTime and whatever works for you guys. We do adjust, don’t we? I am new at this but sensing a pattern early on.
 
The big “parent page” (and that is in quotes bc there are sponsors, spouses, BGO’s, photographers, retired, etc...beyond current USNA parents) is full of judgemental know it all’s, who are not afraid to share, or demand that you agree with, their knowledge from YEARS ago. It’s awful. And it’s the same players most times. I honestly cannot believe how people with their names and faces feel comfortable saying the things they do! Not even anonymously.

The topic of coming to Annapolis, or surrounding area, to see you mid on town liberty is the latest divide. It’s funny, bc many that are against it, are seeing their Mids on town liberty. Or visiting them on the yard. Or through the gate. Or delivering food.

COVID is such a divisive issue. And ‘parents’ are NASTY on that page!! Unbelievable. Worst I have ever seen in my short few years of membership.
 
COVID is such a divisive issue. And ‘parents’ are NASTY on that page!! Unbelievable. Worst I have ever seen in my short few years of membership.
This is true across most University Parent facebook pages, not just the SAs. Disregard for state and local Covid quarantines for example - adding to the student population risk. Just stay home.
 
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