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john in la

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What part of in La do you not understand
My last child has just left the nest.
He is moving to Port St Lucie Fla. over 700 miles from home.

One part of me wants to jump for joy as the wife and I now have the house to ourselves.
The other part of me just wants to sit here and cry.

Well at least one of them only moved 250 feet away so I have one grandchild to play with by just walking across the yard.
 
I know what you mean, but at least all of mine are within driving distance for now. My youngest granddaughter (almost 3) spent the night with us and I've had more fun than a pig in a mudpuddle.
 
A guy at work defined it this way: "Happiness is when the old dog dies and the last kid leaves home".
 
Mine have be out for 2 years, the youngest one and her husband came to spend the night and ended up leaving 2 months later. Just wish that they had taken the dogs and goat with them
 
I was happy to see em go. They, moving out on their own with a job and making I feel is a reflection of how good of parents we were.

Rick
 
I very well know what your feeling. The house will seem empty without the sound of children in it. We where lucky in that when my youngest moved out I already had grand kids that lived just across the lane. My wife baby sit them so we where never without kids then. The hardest part of moving off the farm last year is being out of the loop with the kids and grand kids. I was used to seeing them every single day. It is different now seeing them maybe once each week.

I can understand married couples having trouble when their kids leave. Your life changes back to each other and you both have changed over the years of raising a family. So you both may no longer be compatible like you where when you were younger.
 
(quoted from post at 13:33:24 11/01/15) My last child has just left the nest.
He is moving to Port St Lucie Fla. over 700 miles from home.

One part of me wants to jump for joy as the wife and I now have the house to ourselves.
The other part of me just wants to sit here and cry.

Well at least one of them only moved 250 feet away so I have one grandchild to play with by just walking across the yard.
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I know the feeling, my boy left home about 20 years ago and the first time I realized he was really gone was when I went to take the outboard motor off of the boat - needed help! That's when the old Oliver 60 got a set of gin-poles and electric winch! He's been gone all these years and has children of his own but I still miss him. Thank the Lord for grandkids & soon,more great-grandkids! :D
 
Our nest has been empty for two years now. Both my daughtes live within 17 miles and come over for supper at least once a week. I have one grandson and I pick him up from kindergarden twice a week. So all in all our nest isn't so empty after all.
 
Know what you mean. The wife just left to babysit for the youngest daughter. One of the twins are sick. Husband is at church and daughter is going to take her to non-urgent care at Evansville. 50 miles. She just lives 2 miles away. Seems we are always busy. I guess that is good.
 
When our daughter left the nest it wasn't too tough though I naturally worried about her. When our son left I had an awful time. My son now lives across,the road and he and his wife furnish us with readily available grandkids so times are good.
 
Our closest is over 700 miles away, and only (so far) grand kid is a couple thousand miles away.
 
I've got all 3 away at school. Seems like the past high level of activity kept me being high in activity and energy too. Its a whole lot different trying to get things done now. I'm feeling alot less motivated about everything. I can say this, having kids in High school was pretty exciting and entertaining. Stressful too, of course. But when it ends, there is alot of silence. Not easy to adjust to. Then, seems everything is breaking down all at once, but that is another story.....
 
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