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Daughter moved into halls of residence in readiness to start her university course on Monday.

House seems particularly quiet and tidy without her coming in and just dropping stuff on the floor and leaving it for someone else to clear up

We've got a week left till ours goes, not quite counting hours...yet...

She will visit soon


Fit locks to the larder and put a coin op on the washing machine

We're going to move...

They do tend to come back again .... and some of them never leave in the first place ..........

My sproggy ain't leaving at all when she starts at the UEA. (23rd sept)
She's gonna continue to live at home. Oh well that's another 4years of noise and mess

slickliner6 wrote:My sproggy ain't leaving at all when she starts at the UEA. (23rd sept)
She's gonna continue to live at home. Oh well that's another 4years of noise and mess

One of mine did that too.
With the mounting debts from exorbitant fees (or my reducing bank balance paying the fees to save my kids from getting into debt) then the economics of attending a local university makes a lot of sense (provided that the local uni does the right course and they have a good enough reputation in their field)

And when they do fiunally leave, you'll never stop missing the noise and mess! Nearly 20 years since my baby went - I'd have them back tomorrow AND all their friends!

Don't get me wrong it's not the empty nest syndrome, I don't have time to sit around wishing they were here but it's lovely when they all invade!

Spoken to daughter a couple of times since she left on Saturday and she is having a blast.

Her flat in the halls of residence overlook the sea, she has 3 flatmates and has already struck up a good rapport with them, done all her enrollment bits and pieces and she is as happy as a pig in mucky brown stuff

Her bursary for her accommodation is now sorted, so at least that is a bonus.

Mind you, she has never been one to be homesick, probably takes after me in that respect as I left home at 16, so at the moment all bodes well, but cannot get used to the fact that the house is still tidy, there is food still in the fridge and I am not tripping over pairs of shoes just kicked off and left as she walks in the door.

T.C. wrote:Daughter moved into halls of residence in readiness to start her university course on Monday.

House seems particularly quiet and tidy without her coming in and just dropping stuff on the floor and leaving it for someone else to clear up

It's awful when the kids leave home isnt it. You think you are going to enjoy the change but you end up missing them something rotten.

Mind you, you will notice much easier access to the shower. Lights getting switched off. You once again have control of the TV remote. Etc

Well I've only got 1 at home now and she isn't a scruffy type. When we sell our shop she will leave home and move in with her boyfriend at Ashford in Kent (about 90 miles away)
Can't say I miss mine leaving home they were all on notice that at 25 they either left or got kicked out, need to learn to stand on their own 2 feet. I had the same rule from my parents and I feel they did a good job, so I did the same.

I never had to make a deadline for mine, they both left at about 171/2 to live with their boyfriends. And I thought, well I brought them up to be independent - and now they are!

BikerGran wrote:I never had to make a deadline for mine, they both left at about 171/2 to live with their boyfriends. And I thought, well I brought them up to be independent - and now they are!

Crikey - I knew you were getting on a bit but from what you say, as their mother you must be in your 3rd century now!

D-Rider wrote:

slickliner6 wrote:My sproggy ain't leaving at all when she starts at the UEA. (23rd sept)
She's gonna continue to live at home. Oh well that's another 4years of noise and mess

One of mine did that too.
With the mounting debts from exorbitant fees (or my reducing bank balance paying the fees to save my kids from getting into debt) then the economics of attending a local university makes a lot of sense (provided that the local uni does the right course and they have a good enough reputation in their field)

Yep,she wants to be an English teacher and the UEA has a great reputation and courses to suit her needs

D-Rider wrote:

BikerGran wrote:I never had to make a deadline for mine, they both left at about 171/2 to live with their boyfriends. And I thought, well I brought them up to be independent - and now they are!

Crikey - I knew you were getting on a bit but from what you say, as their mother you must be in your 3rd century now!

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