DD is 16, she's lovely, and she's quite independent and has been going into town a lot in the last 2 years - no problems. She's finished GCSE's now, so to pass the time she's been helping out at the primary school where I work - this week, instead of coming home she arranged to go into town, meet friends, and then go on to Brownies, where she helps, so I came home on my own after work. And that's when it hit me....this is where it starts, I felt so alone
Then yesterday - dropped off at prom, with her friends. She was so excited she raced into the hotel, forgot to say bye or give me a kiss. Felt it again.....
These feelings are all new - does it keep on like this? Does it get better/worse? What's it like when they go off to uni?
I'm usually pretty calm about stuff but this is getting to me already.
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amigababy · 04/07/2012 17:34
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