Wife and I are 55 and 54 respectively. We have a son who is 29 and daughter who is 27. My son has a good job and has been out of the house for almost 2 years. He lives about 3 miles away. My daughter has been living home with us since she got back from
college 6 years ago. She has recently finished grad school and is working two jobs to pay her loans and other bills. Well she has finally saved enough money and gotten her bills under control and today we moved her into an apartment she will be sharing with another young lady she works with.
Although I know this is what she wanted to do and really something she needed to do at her age I suddenly feel so empty. I remembering feeling this way when we brought her to college but I always figured she would be back. I know now at her age that this was the last time she will likely be living under our roof with us. She is only living a few miles from us also so I know that distance is not a problem but I'm already feeling like I'm going to miss the day to day contact. I know all this is a normal part of the way life should be as all children need to grow up and out but I guess I just didn't think this would hit me so hard. I was happy for her when she decided she could swing moving out as I know she was frustrated still being home as most of her friends were on their own or even getting married but I guess I'm just feeling sorry for myself now.
If anyone's gone thought his or has some words of advice I'd appreciate hearing them. It just felt good to vent a little.
college 6 years ago. She has recently finished grad school and is working two jobs to pay her loans and other bills. Well she has finally saved enough money and gotten her bills under control and today we moved her into an apartment she will be sharing with another young lady she works with.
Although I know this is what she wanted to do and really something she needed to do at her age I suddenly feel so empty. I remembering feeling this way when we brought her to college but I always figured she would be back. I know now at her age that this was the last time she will likely be living under our roof with us. She is only living a few miles from us also so I know that distance is not a problem but I'm already feeling like I'm going to miss the day to day contact. I know all this is a normal part of the way life should be as all children need to grow up and out but I guess I just didn't think this would hit me so hard. I was happy for her when she decided she could swing moving out as I know she was frustrated still being home as most of her friends were on their own or even getting married but I guess I'm just feeling sorry for myself now.
If anyone's gone thought his or has some words of advice I'd appreciate hearing them. It just felt good to vent a little.
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