Can I share my anxieties?

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I’m having a really anxious night. My 20 year old DS just bought his first car and is off to uni 2 weeks today. Whether it’s dawning on me my ‘baby’ is finally growing up (its taken a while) or the panic of knowing he’ll be on the road (alone) from tomorrow I don’t know. But OMG the panic I’m feeling! He’s not my only one but this feels very different from DD.
Help me get a grip?

Well, you've obviously done a good job raising him. He's just bought his first car and he's off to uni. All little birds have to leave the nest at some point, be very proud and encourage him, remember you taught him to fly ! 🌸

Thank you sugar. It’s just so....scary!

I'm sure as a new driver he will drive more carefully, all the rules are and practice are still very fresh in his mind.
As for other drivers, well its a risk we all take isn't it!? We all set off on a journey assuming that people will drive as safely or at least hoping they drive as safely as we will.
Why don't you put a little emergency kit in his boot incase his car breaks down?
I would give him a large bottle of water which can also be used in the engine, you could give him a little emergency food pack in the back, some jump leads maybe ? Little things like that incase the car packs up will be handy to have but have a look in Halfords or ask advice of someone there, then maybe sign him up for breakdown cover?
Other than all that there's not much else you can do, you should try not to worry too much although I do understand that this is only normal for you to worry about your son on his first trip away to uni.
Fwiw I had the same worries about my much younger brother, more so about the partying aspect of uni/living alone in the city. However, he had no interest in that scene, made a few friends in his little apartment, some if whom were Chinese and they showed him how to cook some tasty food.
Hes moved back home now and the independence has proven to have rubbed off on him somewhat as he now is regularly found cooking and cleaning in the kitchen, something he would have happily let my mother do beforehand.
He went off to uni and did what he was supposed to do, studied.
I know all kids are different but you should really try to have faith that he knows how to look after himself.
Any way good luck to him, I'm sure he'll really love the independence x