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I was chatting to my DS last night (nearly 5 years old). I am expecting DC3 and he was saying that he would like more children after this one. i said, not this is the last one, but when you are a big man like daddy you will might have a girlfriend (he told me I was his girlfriend, so I said he would have another one too!!) and that they would live together and maybe have their own children.

His poor little face dropped and he said 'But I don't want to leave, that makes me sad' and sobbed for ages. Of course I promised that he could live with me forever and also cried!!

It's times like this I don't want him to grow up!!

Aw, my DS is similar. He has recently decided he will leave home. This is going to be when he marries his GF. He is going to live with her mummy and daddy with her and share her brothers bedroom. He is 6 now.

My dd is nine and a couple of weeks ago she told me she was going to live with us forever and ever. My five year old piped up with "I'm going to live in the jungle with the tigers and I'm sorry but I won't be able to Skype you as there won't be a signal".

ive a nearly 20 yr old who says she is never leaving home it wont seem so sad 15 yrs from now

aww bless, that's very sweet

my super emotional 6yo dd would have cried too, thinks she will be with us forever and ever and ever and ever.........

They're so sweet aren't they! My DD asked me, while walking hand in hand to school one morning 'Mummy, when I'm at secondary school can I choose if to go on my own or go with you?'
'Yes'
'Well I will want you to take me to school'

Should have got it in writing! Must say I got to the school gate with a tear in my eye!

I told my 6yo he could stay living here and his wife could come too. Otherwise he does not want to get married (he has a school friend in mind )

I'm 27 and I want to still live at home with my mummy

My 4yo is going to live here forever. He will be an astronaut but I will shout up to the moon when it's dinner time and he will rush home in the space rocket. Some days I will be allowed to go to space with him.

Ds1 (5.6) is slowly coming around to the idea that he may leave home one day, but is apparently going to come home for Sunday lunch, and stay over the night before, in fact stay for the entire weekend. DS2 (3.10) just howls if anyone mentions that he will be a grown up one day.

ds is 5 and also sobs if we tell him he'll fall in love with someone and have a family with them (he has pointed out numerous times he wants to marry me no matter how I put it to him that he can't). I think we may have recently turned a corner though, he has now decided he will live next door to me so we can still see each other every day .

I used to think that as I got older, my Mum would get younger and eventually we would even out but the opposite way round, still at home together but with me as her Mummy.

My DS thinks the same thing.

Dd1 got so upset when I said daddy was already taken that we agreed to not mention it again and discuss it when she was 16yo. She's now 12yo and can't believe she would have ever wanted that!
Ds (age 5yo) is staying with me for ever. Preferably not leaving me alone ever. So that means no school, mummy, do you understand?

All these have made me shed a hormonal tear!! I can't help thinking that we must enjoy it now, because in 10 years time most of them will be counting down the days to when they can move out!! Saying that, my almost 20 year old will be moving back home in a couple of months....I can't wait!!

I asked ds 4.6yo what he wanted to do when he grew up, last night, and he burst into tears - doesn't ever want to grow up. Ever.

I wanted to move out when I was 4. My dad told me I had to learn lots of things at school so I could get a job first. So once I had mastered addition age 6 I asked again to move out as I could get a job in a shop. Then he told me I wasn't allowed. I was furious for years...

Ds, 5, is adamant he is not moving out or getting married. He is going to stay with mummy and daddy forever. Fine by me now, but I probably won't feel the same when he is being all greasy and moody all over the place. Well, he's already moody!

These are so sweet. Ds1 age 7 is apparently moving in with Grandma when he's 12 because she will be really old them and need him to look after her, but I'm not to worry because he will pop in to see me after school!

Dd insists she wants to marry daddy. Unfortunately for her I am marrying her daddy in a few weeks time. She hasn't objected at the reading of the banns so here's hoping she keeps stumm for the ceremony!!

I remember DD getting very distressed when I told her whilst idly chatting that one day she would probably get married and have children and live in her own house. I thought this was a nice thing to think about.

I clearly hadn't thought it through from a 4 year old's perspective - 'But WHO will I marry mummy? What if I don't like him? I want to always live with youuuuu!' Tears, wailing, etc. Of course, she was picturing herself as a 4 year old being forced to go and live with a total stranger. Who wouldn't panic in that situation?

I had to quickly backpedal and reassure her that she could live with us for as long as she wanted and that she didn't have to marry anybody.

Same from ds1. He tells me that he will live with me forever to keep me company.

Ds2 (5yo) however is already looking forward to leaving home so that he can play on his Nintendo DS all day long.

DD said she can marry her brother so she won't have to move out.

My 4 year old is the same. I've asked him what he wants to do when he grows up but apparently he would just like to stay at home and bake cakes for me. He said never wants to move out but he has conceded that he will at least stop sleeping in my bed when he is grown up and stay in his own room and his wife and kids will be in his room with him.
Hopefully he changes his mind in time, there are too many men in our community who actually do want to live like that as adults!! Never wanted my kids to do it! but for now its sweet

So funny to hear all of your dc thinking along the same lines.

ds (6) is adamant that he is never getting married/leaving home and will live with is forever and ever. When 'pushed' on the subject of earning his keep he has reluctantly agreed that if he must have a job he'll be an ice cream man, as long as dh goes into business with him .

dd1 (8) on the other hand, is planning on buggering off to Australia as soon as she.possibly can apparently .

Yea I have this with my ds who is nearly 5, he got really upset one time when we talked about when he gets older etc. He keeps saying he will marry me (I've tried to explain why he can't lol) and he's living here forever (which is fine by me ha!).
He's also going to be a pilot and drop me off at the beach and pick me up later! Love it!!

DD is four and also wants to stay small so that she can continue having cuddlea on my lap. If I mentioned leaving home there would be tears. DS used to be the same but now he's older he talks about moving out and not leaving leaving a forwarding address! No chance sunshine