Turn Off Ads?
Results 1 to 12 of 12

Thread: Empty Nest

  1. #1
    Member RedsFan75's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    Cincinnati
    Posts
    1,519

    Empty Nest

    Well, we dropped our daughter (Only child) off at college today....

    So it's a very odd feeling now, for us, this 'Empty Nest'... One of those things that you're not sure how you feel. I'm excited for her, but at the same time, worried, scared, etc...

    So, I guess I didn't have anything constructive, other than to just try and voice my feelings a bit, and find I can't even do that!

    Any other empty nesters? Got any tips!
    In those things which we commit to practice we can master, and with mastery we have the freedom to use these skills whenever we desire, without this practice we are slaves to our inability.


  2. Turn Off Ads?
  3. #2
    The Future GoReds33's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Posts
    2,468

    Re: Empty Nest

    Turn her bedroom into a Reds shrine, or home theatre. That should suprise her when she comes home.

  4. #3
    Joe Oliver love-child Blimpie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Lexington
    Posts
    4,972

    Re: Empty Nest

    Quote Originally Posted by GoReds33 View Post
    Turn her bedroom into a Reds shrine...
    Or perhaps a man-cave of some sort: flat screen, PS3, wet bar, etc...


  5. #4
    Score Early, Score Often gonelong's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Posts
    4,240

    Re: Empty Nest

    Quote Originally Posted by RedsFan75 View Post
    Well, we dropped our daughter (Only child) off at college today....

    So it's a very odd feeling now, for us, this 'Empty Nest'... One of those things that you're not sure how you feel. I'm excited for her, but at the same time, worried, scared, etc...

    So, I guess I didn't have anything constructive, other than to just try and voice my feelings a bit, and find I can't even do that!

    Any other empty nesters? Got any tips!
    Not an empty nester, but I find it helps me to view those type of life changes as opportunities. Ever wanted to learn how to play the guitar? Now you have the time.

    GL

  6. #5
    He has the Evil Eye! flyer85's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Location
    south of the border
    Posts
    23,858

    Re: Empty Nest

    My wife and I will be doing dropping off of only child at college this coming Sunday.

  7. #6
    Member RedsFan75's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    Cincinnati
    Posts
    1,519

    Re: Empty Nest

    Well, as to a Man room, I already have our extra bedroom as my music room, where I have my many instruments (Guitars, Basses, Mandolins) plus amps, music, etc. Plus I have my PS2 etc...

    and Flyer, you have my deepest understanding on this!
    In those things which we commit to practice we can master, and with mastery we have the freedom to use these skills whenever we desire, without this practice we are slaves to our inability.

  8. #7
    Redsmetz redsmetz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Winton Place
    Posts
    12,908

    Re: Empty Nest

    My wife and I became empty nesters last September when our son started at Ohio State. We're starting the emptying process again as we've had two home over the summer; our younger daughter graduated from college in May, our sons been home since a little bit later. We just saw our daughter off last week for her new job in Atlanta, so we were empty again for a few days while our son continued a vacation with a friend's family. He'll leave sometime in September (midway for a leadership conference, then moving in) and, while I love 'em, I'm looking forward to not having them underfoot.

    Last fall though we sort of wandered around trying to get our bearings - eating whatever we wanted for dinner, going out, meeting each other again as hokey as that sounds - very strange.
    “In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either.” - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field"

    The Baseball Emporium - Books & Things.

    The Baseball Bookstore

    http://tsc-sales.com/
    http://tscsales.blogspot.com/
    http://silverscreenbooks.com/

  9. #8
    Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Location
    Back in the Burg, Ohio.
    Posts
    1,331

    Re: Empty Nest

    My parents dropped me off at Otterbein College for football this past sunday, and they said that my room in the basement is now the "nude room"
    Let's make some noise!

  10. #9
    I hate the Cubs LoganBuck's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Posts
    7,057

    Re: Empty Nest

    Quote Originally Posted by Sean_CaseyRules View Post
    My parents dropped me off at Otterbein College for football this past sunday, and they said that my room in the basement is now the "nude room"
    my Mom and Dad told my youngest brother that, he leaves for OSU in September. He said he was going to lock his door before he left.
    Hugs, smiling, and interactive Twitter accounts, don't mean winning baseball. Until this community understands that we are cursed to relive the madness.

  11. #10
    Member RedsFan75's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    Cincinnati
    Posts
    1,519

    Re: Empty Nest

    Nude room, from the movie "Failure to Launch"...

    We make the same kind of joke to my daughter!
    In those things which we commit to practice we can master, and with mastery we have the freedom to use these skills whenever we desire, without this practice we are slaves to our inability.

  12. #11
    Be the ball Roy Tucker's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Location
    Mason, OH
    Posts
    18,227

    Re: Empty Nest

    Just because they leave doesn't mean they won't come back.
    She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning

  13. #12
    Strategery RFS62's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2000
    Location
    Fleming Island, Florida
    Posts
    16,849

    Re: Empty Nest

    Quote Originally Posted by Roy Tucker View Post
    Just because they leave doesn't mean they won't come back.
    Boy Howdy.

    Repeatedly.

    Not that there's anything wrong with that.
    We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut


Turn Off Ads?

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please.

Thank you, and most importantly, enjoy yourselves!


RedsZone.com is a privately owned website and is not affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds or Major League Baseball


Contact us: Boss | Gallen5862 | Plus Plus | Powel Crosley | RedlegJake | The Operator