Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : 17 yo son is awaiting the acceptance letter from his preferred university, but the letter has not yet arrived. The first day of dorm registration starts day after tomorrow. He expresses anxiety that because the university acceptance letter has not been delivered, he cannot be one of the first registrants for preferred university housing, which is first-come, first-served. I (apparently) Am The Asshole because I told him I (retired US Army with three combat tours), spent a year living in a tent in the desert, and don't know why he's complaining. Wife is convinced I am the asshole.