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Can't Stop Crying
Me | August 19, 2012 | bicyclerepair

Posted on 08/18/2012 10:26:18 PM PDT by bicyclerepair

Hi FRiends, Boy do I need someone to talk to.

Just came back from dropping off my daughter at college and the empty house is making me cry so much.

Been a member since 2004. This is my first post. So sorry but I can't stop feeling sad and hurting inside because I miss her so much.

I respect you all so much and value your comments. Some are harsh, but most are honest and decent. So maybe I can drown my heart-ache reading your thoughts.

Sincerely, bicyclerepair--Ft. Lauderdale


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KEYWORDS: college; daughter; emptynest; prayer
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To: US_MilitaryRules

Maybe we need a “Kids Away at College” thread.


121 posted on 08/19/2012 8:57:01 AM PDT by rabidralph
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To: bicyclerepair

Hey there .... been through this myself and it’s brutally hard. I’m not going to kid you. Every single August is hard and has been hard for a while.

My best advice is to accept and acknowledge your loss - and it IS a loss. Your former life is truly gone and to deny that gives it a dis-service. Give yourself a chance to be sad for a few days, then start focusing on your new life - the one where YOU are the star of the show, where YOU get to decide what to do with your time rather than be at the whims of another.

Next summer will be awesome fun when your house fills up again, but you will probably notice a bit of eagerness to get back to you. Every year I’m happy to see them come home, but then if I’m honest, I’m happy to have the house back to myself, even though there is some sadness to see them go.

Very, very soon will be the time for you to embrace a new project and you will figure out you are no longer just a parent, but a person with your own identity.

But for tonight, do not cry because it is over, smile because it happened.

God’s love to you


122 posted on 08/19/2012 4:43:21 PM PDT by SoftballMominVA
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To: bicyclerepair

When she brings home the first load of wash and needs money it’ll be as if she never left.


123 posted on 08/19/2012 5:19:07 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: SoftballMominVA

Thank you SoftballMominVA.

Thank you FReepers too. You all are such a treasure in my life.


124 posted on 08/20/2012 3:38:07 PM PDT by bicyclerepair ( REPLACE D-W-S ! http://www.karenforcongress.com)
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To: bicyclerepair

Wait until she comes home with 6 weeks of laundry and expects you to do it! lol


125 posted on 08/20/2012 3:52:03 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Democrats are dangerous and evil. Republicans are useless and useful idiots.)
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To: bicyclerepair
My wife and I are going through a similar stage of life. There is definitely some genetic difference between mothers and fathers because I am happy to see them go while my wife has the same reaction as you.

It's not that I don't like my kids or want to be rid of them, but I feel I've failed as a parent if they don't leave the nest and set down roots of their own someplace else. In fact, one of my biggest nightmares is having my 30-something year old kids still living with me. That is a horror I hope I never have to contemplate.

That all said, they are always welcome back for Christmas, birthdays and barbeques.

126 posted on 08/20/2012 4:00:17 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: VeniVidiVici

Red bus leaves from Orlando airport.

She has no car and the city bus takes over 2hrs and 3 bus exchanges to get from UCF to OIA.


127 posted on 08/20/2012 7:46:45 PM PDT by bicyclerepair ( REPLACE D-W-S ! http://www.karenforcongress.com)
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To: bicyclerepair

Holy cow! Leave it to the government to take 3 hours to go 20 miles.


128 posted on 08/20/2012 10:42:41 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
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