I think I have empty nest syndrome
By carpenter5
@carpenter5 (6782)
United States
March 12, 2009 12:11am CST
All of our chidlren ahve gotten older and the baby has just gone to college in August. She's finishing up her freshman year at Williams Baptist College. The next oldest daughter is at a community college doing her nursing assistant's training. She technically lives at home, but is rarely here. The oldest two are completely out of our home.
I am finding myself missing my girls being home all the time. They are here occasionally on the weekends, Kristen will spend a night or two during the week, but most of the time is at her older sister's helping with the kids which gives her some resemblence of independence.
Those of you with older kids...how did you handle the last one moving out and the feeling of emptiness in your house? It just seems too quiet!
1 response
@pickwick (858)
• India
12 Mar 09
My son is very small butsometimes I feel sad that he will be leaving home when he completes his education.My mother has two daughters including me and I remember how sad she used to feel when I was giong for higher education leaving her.Then she was worried of my younger sister leaving the home.Now she says from her experience that she felt sad anticipating what she will do when we leave home ,but when we realy left she got used to it!!She had new friends who were having the same situation,she developed intrest in gardening and with my father had long walks morning and evening by the sea.My father too got even more attached to her.So carpenter dont worry,things wont be as bad as you fear.
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@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
13 Mar 09
There are definate advantages to the kids being gone. One of the things I'm having to learn how to do over again is to cook for two. We find ourselves eating leftovers for days because I'm still used to cooking for 5, including my 21 year old son who eats like he has two hollow legs!
@fancyking (3)
• India
14 Mar 09
hi pickwick/carpenter, a few weeks back the piegons in my window have hatched 2 lovely eggs and ocne the chiks grew up thtey were abondned by the parents and have now laid another pair of eggs. The same is bound to happen to new chicks as well. this is life by nature and we cannot tide agaisnt the nature. The beuty lies in understanding life and living with it.
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@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Hi Fancyking. That is the sweetest analogy I've heard to date about the empty nest. Thank you so much for sharing it. Our youngest has moved back home for the summer and once again our home is a flurry of activity. It seems that there are always kids here and even the young man who is 23 and lives in the apartment next door to us has started hanging out here. His parents live 2 hours away, and he's kind of adopted us.
