to want Uni student children to go back to Uni sooner...

[Beeblebum]

At home cluttering up the sofa, eating all the food, using all the dishes...

One going back this weekend but the other one not till the weekend after. I just want my house back - it seems like they've been here for ever. It's not fun after the first weekend - they are houseguests who have outstayed their welcome.

No!!!
Mine went back last week and I hate it. I miss him so much but cannot let on.
We have plenty of space and he doesn't get in the way. I love spending time with him and having four at the table instead of three.

At least mine isn't 2,000 miles away. She remains in the UK.

I remember feeling very blue for a fairly long time when she began her first year at uni. She is midway through her second year now, so I have had more practice and am rather better at saying goodbye without very much blubbing.

Thank you Fireside!

We live in the US and my son is a freshman in another state. He definitely has his bad habits but he is fun to be around most of the time. It is tough that they go away just as you get most of the wrinkles ironed out.

I am torn, he is in a place where he wants to be and it is a great opportunity and I do want him to spread his wings and fly, but at 18 he is still ma boy and he is a long way from home.

Even the dogs seem depressed that he has gone and everyone else is at school or work. I found the butterscotch he put in my stocking and am consoling myself with them.

Head over here Self and others

Perhaps the ages make a difference. Mine was 22 when she went to uni and is now 25, so definitely at the stage of leaving home. I hope.

Coming home in the holidays is like a weird twilight zone, where its home, but you're a guest too. I used to get really cabin feverish going back in the holidays, still get it if I stay at my parents now!

I absolutely love it when my daughter comes home for a decent amount of time in the Uni holidays - she is normally so busy that we are lucky if we see her for more thsn a week at a time. She has been home for Christmas for three weeks and it is GREAT! She is, as I type, stretched out on the sofa, glass of Prosecco in hand, laughing at W1A and I just want time to stand still!

YABU. DD3 only had 2 weeks off over Christmas. She came home on December 21st and went back on Saturday. She also had a lot of uni work to do when she was home. I appreciate time alone with DH but also love having her home.

Thanks Squirrels, I'm not an empty nester though. It is only a bit less crowded :)

Oh I still have one at home. Doesn't make it any easier.