#phdlife the missing manual:
How to tell your loving parents you don't want them at your defense?
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Replying to @CharlesDainoff
That's why I'm having A LOT of trouble saying no. My mom is the most earnest human being alive, it'd be very difficult to navigate while presenting.
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Replying to @generativist
My mom sat at the back of the room and silently judged my committee members. The debriefing dinner was great.
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Replying to @CharlesDainoff @generativist
My grandma kinda wants to come to mine if it ever happens & I worry she'll chew out one of my committee members (in Russian, which he also speaks). Seriously though, tell your parents you love that they want to support you, but that it'll make you even more stressed out.
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Thanks, Hannah! (Now I'm imagining a Russian grandmother cursing a committee — for a bystander it'd be a funny story.)
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