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Skype? Seeing her might reassure you

Now Katy [firm stare], I have been very tolerant and understanding so far [sigh] but I'm now going to put my foot down [stamp] and tell you to buck the fuck up [stern glare]

Otherwise I'm going to start laughing at you and you won't like that

I'll be fine by Monday (I hope)

But Mary you said....."mugged"

<gulp>

No, I said that despite their best efforts, none of mine had managed to be mugged .

at Maryz

All packed & ready to go

Thanks guys - sorry I'm such a pain

Left her in London & on my way home

I think I'm OK now...

But poor DD isn't - I've had a phone call in tears; she is having Colly-wobbles about going in by herself tomorrow!!

<sigh>

But I'm OK (or I was until the call)

Oh, bummer.

The thing is, she will manage - and the one thing I have learned about teenagers and phone calls is that they only call when they are miserable. They never call to say "actually I've calmed down a bit and I'm fine now" .

I learned my lesson one night when dd rang me sounding as though it was the end of the world. She sobbed down the phone at me about something someone had said. I calmed her down, and said goodbye and she forgot to switch her phone off.

Within 30 seconds I could here her calling out to some other girl and laughing .

Whereas I was at home sobbing because I felt so worried about her.

Your dd will be fine tomorrow. Once she has done the journey once, and faced the new people, she will be fine.

((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))

My Uncle says she is fine & I think she is asleep now

But it really isn't what I expected

She is fine.

She's just wibbling.

So she has done what dd does - she has transferred all her wibbling to you, so you can do the staying awake all night while she sleeps like a baby .

Yep that sounds about right

Yep. DD1 did this when she left for Uni. She phoned my niece after we left her at halls and was giving her the full trembly lip treatment and saying that she missed us. My niece then told my sister, who then phoned me to tell me

I tried to contact DD to see if she was OK, but no reply (poor mobile signal). She called the next day and was full of how wonderful everything was - the previous evening she would have been too busy making friends with her flat mates to take my call. I, however, had spent a sleepless night, worried that she would be unhappy.

Your DD will be fine, I'm sure. She is doing something that she loves and gaining a little bit of independence at the same time. It will look great on her CV too.

I think I was so wound up in the practicalities of it all I forgot the emotions

Plus it's the first time we have ever left her, rather than her leaving us

dd1 went to london twice at 15 from scotland on the train with her friend for a youth conference thing I was a wreck I feel your pain

Well as predicted she loves it!

It is amazing

At least she rang you to tell you that .

She didn't leave you sleepless and worrying for the week! Seriously, though, that's great, it's simultaneously scary and wonderful to see them growing up and becoming independent.

simultaneously scary and wonderful to see them growing up that is so true

She is home

She survived
I survived

She thinks she is too young to go away yet (yippee)