Mom: “Oh honey, we are losing our dear son.”
Son: “Partay! Where da beer! Call the strippers!”
wombtotomb: let us run around the living room NAKEDHarmless Teddy Bear: turned my brother's room into a study and my room into a sewing and crafts room about a week after we moved out
Jemian: They don’t understand. It is confusing for them. I recommend, get another dog. Dogs are pack animals.
Kimmers: As parents this is our job, raise them will they leave the nest.....it is a good thing
ottbmare:My dogs are hysterical with joy when my daughter comes home from college
With my yougest 4 years gone I can't say it was a huge adjustment, though I don't run around naked, and haven't changed the rooms since they come back to visit. Finishing college is a joy only exceeded by getting a job.
Animals are something else, though they didn't react initially, they go nuts on visits and are sluggish as soon as they see suitcases moving around. Of course they get the same way if they suspect I'm going somewhere without them too, so it may be a suitcase thing. Jemian has an interesting point about the pack culture. We always have 2 or 3, and 1-3 cats, technically kids cats on long term visits, and I suspect it might lessen the impact. Maybe the author should get another dog.