[bannie]

The desire to continually work to accommodate and please somebody else is no longer there.

That's for the young. I'm more than happy to be the grandma: I DO want to spoil my "grands"!!!

[McLynnan]

I look forward to being a grandmother, but not for a few more years. My daughter (only child) starts graduate school in the fall. I hope she finishes before she has a family, but who knows?

Back to the topic. This has been an interesting thread. Najida I think I am very much like you. While I loved being a stay at home mom I remember sometimes feeling suffocated in those preschool years because I was never alone. Couple that with the fact my ex-husband is a huge extrovert who never met a stranger. His idea of misery was a quiet night at home. My idea of misery was a night away from home. It’s no wonder we are no longer together.