For fellow Mum worriers: my 21-year-old DS graduated this summer with a good degree from a Russell Group. He's clever and kind, but lacks confidence and can be a bit socially awkward. (waiting list for Autism) He lived out at uni, but stayed in the nearest city to home.
Then began the next stage of parental waiting and worrying. We'd braced for the full 140-applications-into-the-void experience. I was fully expecting to be composing pep talks for the next two years.
Instead: application one, some tests, a couple of example pieces, then the offer of an interview five hours away. He went. Three days later, job offered. Grad scheme, £40k, starts October.
He's off to Manchester, and is excitedly flat-hunting. So that's loads of time and energy wasted worrying about the grad job market, but it has freed me up to start a whole new worry about him being 5 hours away instead.
Just wanted to share - there is hope.