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08-17-2008, 11:28 PM
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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!
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08-18-2008, 12:02 AM
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The Future
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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Re: Empty Nest
Turn her bedroom into a Reds shrine, or home theatre. That should suprise her when she comes home.
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08-18-2008, 07:29 AM
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Re: Empty Nest
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08-18-2008, 08:45 AM
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08-18-2008, 08:47 AM
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He has the Evil Eye!
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Empty Nest
My wife and I will be doing dropping off of only child at college this coming Sunday.
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08-18-2008, 09:38 AM
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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!
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08-18-2008, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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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.
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08-18-2008, 01:28 PM
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Location: Back in the Burg, Ohio.
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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"
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08-18-2008, 02:29 PM
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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.
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08-18-2008, 02:59 PM
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Re: Empty Nest
Nude room, from the movie "Failure to Launch"...
We make the same kind of joke to my daughter!
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08-18-2008, 03:04 PM
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Be the ball
Join Date: May 2001
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Re: Empty Nest
Just because they leave doesn't mean they won't come back.
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08-18-2008, 04:23 PM
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Hey Cubs Fans
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Re: Empty Nest
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Repeatedly. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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