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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist

Taking Your Kid To College: Consider Yourself Warned (LTYM)

September 7, 2012 by Kate Mayer 8 Comments

So remember a ways back when I wouldn’t stop blabbing about the Listen To Your Mother show in NYC? Where I read an essay about the angst of taking your kid to college in an auditorium filled with people who actually paid to listen?

The audition, the casting, the prep, the wardrobe, the afterglow?

Did you begin to think it never really happened?

I did.

But here’s the YouTube proof.

For the love of Darwin people, why didn’t someone help me do my hair? Or tell me to slow down? Or speak louder? Or get a better bra?

 


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Comments

  1. The Empress says

    September 7, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    Can’t blame me, we talked bra before you got on the train.

    EITHER WAY: you’re a natural.

    xo

    Reply
    • Kathy (p/t writer, f/t mom) says

      September 9, 2012 at 5:45 pm

      ah, my virtual savior from the “indeterminate train delay” on the biggest day of my so called career. From the depths of twitter, the voice of calm. But i don’t recall the bra advice: cuz those girls sure coulda used a lift!

      Reply
  2. The Empress says

    September 7, 2012 at 6:43 pm

    And braschma…

    THIS READiNG WAS AMAZING.

    Reply
    • Kathy (p/t writer, f/t mom) says

      September 9, 2012 at 5:46 pm

      *blushing* thanks for listening!

      Reply
  3. Amy Caraluzzi says

    September 8, 2012 at 1:08 am

    So great, Kate!

    Reply
    • Kathy (p/t writer, f/t mom) says

      September 9, 2012 at 5:46 pm

      Thanks girl. Your day will come faster than you think, and you’ll remember this!

      Reply

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  1. Why I Miss Commuting to Work - Kathryn Mayer says:
    February 10, 2015 at 4:42 pm

    […] How do you do it, without screaming, usually to unsuspecting kid who just wants five seconds of eye contact, or a rather attractive husband who just wants you to read something real quick, or your beautiful teenagers who only grace you with their presence for such a brief moment that by the time you look up, they are long gone. […]

    Reply
  2. What NOT to ask a pregnant woman or high school senior - Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud says:
    May 1, 2018 at 12:54 pm

    […] end-of-the-year orchestra back with Kid1, each graduating senior stood up and announced where they’re going next year to an audience […]

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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...

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