| My daughter just turned 21. My son is 16 1/2. I am 54. | | | | both ways, I guess.However since the prices of |
| Hmmmm. Are they old or | | | | apartments in Los Angeles are so astronomical how |
| am I? I guess it depends on your point of view. But no | | | | can a young person afford to strike out on their own? |
| matter what my age the | | | | Perhaps we will end up like |
| empty nest syndrome is quickly approaching. I have | | | | the Walton's and the house will be filled with our kids |
| had to start | | | | and the grandkids and me and |
| thinking about the empty house in my future. How will I | | | | my husband and all the doggies and fishies. My |
| feel when their bedrooms | | | | husband and I will just take a lot of |
| are empty and devoid of the sounds of life of the | | | | trips. And this too could be a good thing or a bad thing. |
| ones so precious to me, no matter | | | | It could go both ways.Anyway I digress. My daughter |
| how annoying a few of those sounds are?. Their | | | | is turning 21 and my son wants to get her |
| faces won't be readily available to | | | | something for her birthday and he is having a terrible |
| kiss, or their bodies always there to hug everyday. Or | | | | time at the mall deciding. Boy |
| when I no longer HAVE to get | | | | I hate that. Malls, teenage boys and tough shopping |
| up or stay awake for them, or work my day around | | | | decisions. How will I feel |
| picups???..the list is endless.How will my heart feel | | | | about not having to do THIS anymore? Well, we |
| when I am no longer needed in that way?? And of | | | | passed one of those teddy bear |
| course | | | | stores and his shopping block ended. You know... the |
| there is also how I will feel about the empty nest | | | | stores where you pick a bear, |
| when I no longer have to pick up | | | | they stuff it, put a heart in it and it is born? You get a |
| the endless crap around the house and scream that I | | | | birth certificate, you name it |
| am not a servant! When I no | | | | and pick a stunning wardrobe for it, and lots of other |
| longer have to argue about grades and responsibility | | | | stuff, so by the time you are |
| and impress upon them that I | | | | out of there you have created a bear that only |
| am not a servant and or a doormat. Is that a good | | | | Donald Trump could afford for his |
| thing or a bad thing? It could go | | | | daughter.Well I watched my 6. |