Posted on 06/01/2009 6:16:29 PM PDT by SJackson
Okay, now I have to find a tissue....
O COME ON!
Kids grow up — that is how Life works.
Melodrama helps them not at all.
Didn’t seem to bother my parents when I left.
Mine as well. I think they threw a party when I went to university.
It’s written by the kids dog. ;>)
I am counting the days......
We love ya’ll, but, remember, we chose each other first. We sacrificed, gave up our privacy, time, and money to take care of each of you. Now get on with your productive, full, wonderful lives, and let us run around the living room NAKED! WOO HOOOOOOOO!
OK, the article had me going. I was about to offer the advice that the mom should use this time to finally pursue her interests. I’m finding this time wonderful!
But it is about the young man’s dog. They don’t understand. It is confusing for them. I recommend, get another dog. Dogs are pack animals. When the pack dissolves the dog is going to grieve.
Get a second dog.
As parents this is our job, raise them will they leave the nest.....it is a good thing.
i feel her pain but this mother should get down on her knees and Thank God her son is off at college instead of having to work a McJob and that the family is able to afford him to be away and develop some independence as he should be doing at this age.
Dear Dawg,
ask your owner/mother/father to find you a pal and get over it! roflmao
Unlike some of the commenters on this thread, I have been thru it & agree it can be tough. Yeah, that is what life is about but it sure can be hard to watch ‘em go.
When my second boy left, tho my husband and I had 2 cars empty, ready to pack up and help him move, however, he managed to fit everything in his car & he drove himself out west
—his departing words were “Mom, Did you ever feel like something was out there waiting for you, calling for you? I know there is for me, it’s my future waiting for me at Iowa State.” With that he walked out the door and drove off to his first year of college.
I was sniffly for at least 2 days. I know it is going to hit me really hard when when my youngest & only daughter leaves this August.
Oh, yeah! And please, kids, come to visit. Just call first, ok?
Empty nest? Not a problem at our house!
I’m counting the minutes until I can get my kids out of the house. Then we completely re-do it, something we’ve put aside the last 22 years as we’ve been raising them.
Yikes!
Aw, that’s touching. My dogs are hysterical with joy when my daughter comes home from college, and they know very well when she’s getting ready to leave again. They’ll have a terrible time when the youngest leaves.
That said, this puppy needs lots more exercise and attention from Mom and Dad, more ball-throwing, hikes in the woods, and dead rabbits! Nothing gladdens a dog’s heart like a dead rabbit unless it’s a dead squirrel.
My kids will NEVER come over unannounced. We made sure they knew our plans when they left. As it is they knock before they come in the house if we are both home, just in case LOL.
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