Empty Nest Syndrome

[Pollilop808]

I’m a FTM, DS is 10 weeks old. I’ve found myself crying numerous times about the fact that he will one day leave home and possibly live hundreds of miles away and that I’m probably going to miss him terribly. Am I being ridiculous? I think it was made worse by this article I found when discussing empty nest syndrome with a friend that has adult DC: www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/25/how-to-cope-empty-nest-syndrome-children-move-out-gordon-ramsay

To those that know, how did you find it when yours left home? Is it as heartbreaking as I think it will be or is this a FTM/hormones thing?

@romany4

My kids left home at 17 and 18. I was upset when the first one went but loved it when the 2nd one left to go to University. I got my house back. No mess, no noise. Lovely!

I should day I have a fantastic relationship with both my kids. They're in their 20s now and I speak to them most days and see them at least once a week.

My brother and I both left the family home within a couple of days, me to College and him to an apprenticeship, we never thought about it then but Mum did say in later years that it had seemed very empty.