Go back to uni already!

[homemadecommunistrussia]

I have finally had it.
It is now time for ds to go back, he sleeps all day long and then gets up and eats all the food.
Feel free to tell me I am a crap parent.

I keep asking DS when he is going back. He accuses me of wanting to get rid of him. And that I can't wait.
I agree with him wholeheartedly 😁

I feel your pain , also have a dc who eats all the food showers at annoying times and doesn't clean bathroom after use .
Unfortunately for me my dc isn't away at uni she's commuting to the city .

I feel you @homemadecommunistrussia

Not at uni but 6th form college. Been off since fucking June. I'm done!

Can I suggest that you all log on to the WIWIKAU Facebook page to read post after post after post from mothers sobbing every night at the thought of their DC going to university, and advise them that not having oler teens at home does have its benefits

Oh no. I may be the exception. I don't want DS to go back, even though he just sleeps and eats too.
It makes me sad.

Omg really @Ginfordinner? Takes all sorts I guess. Love my kids but I work from home and for myself so I see A LOT of him. Maybe that colours things?

Mine won't be home till the weekend...away working all summer, in her uni town. Well, she did get back for a fortnight after the end of term. She was home even less last summer .... does anyone manage a happy medium?

Love my DD1 - she's an absolute delight.
But it is time for her to go back to university next week. Yay!

(And I am hoping she gets a place to stay at her current place of study for her MPhil - although of course if she comes home for her Master's year I will be nothing but gracious calm. )

I never could understand the mums who don't want their dc to grow up-sobbing at the end of year six and all that.

I made mine get a job for the summer break. He works 10 hours a day 5 days a week. It was his last day today and he goes back to Uni on Sunday. He worked at the same place last year too. I could not tolerate the lying in bed all day, only getting up to raid the fridge before returning to his room with said food and the accompanying crockery.

At the age of 56 I'm returning for my Final year at Uni. I think my husband is looking forward to a bit of peace and quiet.

I wouldn't say I can't wait for him to go back - oh, actually, hang on...

DS was going to go back today but has put it off til Sat as that's when the house WiFi goes live 😜. He's spent much of the last 3 months asleep or gaming (but, to be fair, working 2 days a week!).

He's 'ready' to go back as he's bored at home, but we'll really miss him. 3 (ridiculously) long months is enough for them to become 'part of the household' again.

I took eldest back on Sunday - I will miss them but not the boxes of 'stuff' which have been in the lounge and all over the house since the beginning of June. When we went on our IKEA (& many other places) shopping trip last September I 'forgot' that all those things would need to be stored during the summer. A friend of mine has two which go back over this weekend - double the amount of extra bits and pieces, she can't wait!

I'm really glad mine is deferring his place til next year so I can keep him a bit longer! Now he's finished school he's all relaxed and happy (and he's been working lots of hours so he's not hanging around in bed constantly!).

Mine came home in February as she was ill. I suppose I assumed the lying in bed doing nothing but gaming and surfing the internet was a symptom of the depression, but maybe she's more back to normal than I thought. She goes back next Saturday and I'm in two minds about it. On one hand, it's the place where she got so ill, and I'm terrified she'll go back to that dark place and won't cope. On the other hand, she needs a purpose, and it'll be nice to not have her hanging around at home all the time.

I wondered how your DD was doing Awesome.
I hope she has a better year this year

Sending you good vibes awsome

I LOVE it when my 3 are all home (1 working away 2 uni) but after about 4 days boy am I glad to see the back of at least 2 of them!!! The constant cups of tea, the empty mugs EVERYWHERE!! no lights switched off, curtains closed all day,. no recycling done, washing up left on the side instead of going in the dishwasher, the endless loads of washing as its cheaper to do it at home , random items of clothing draped over every conceivable surface. Oh and the noise .

@MsAwesomeDragon I hope your daughter is OK

The main downside when DD is home is that she polices our bedtime and noise levels.

Thanks all. She is significantly better, possibly not completely recovered but much, much better than she was. She's identified the trigger, and has eliminated that for this year (it was a module taught in small tutorials where she was expected to speak to new people, she's swapped to a lectures only module). She's moving into a house with friends rather than a uni flat with strangers, and she has ready made friends in her lectures as well as in the extra curricular groups she joined last year.

I think it'll be better this year. Fingers crossed anyway 🤞