Empty nest syndrome before they've gone

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My 19 year old daughter is going to uni in a few weeks and has been away for most of the summer. I sometimes feel as if she has left already. My other daughter is also going in a year. I have made plans for myself (I am single) but deep down feel I am just going through the motions when really I just feel very very sad. I'm going to miss them both so much. When I do see my daughter we argue which is unusual and I think we are both feeling the impending separaton but don't really know how to deal with it - I don't anyway. Any thoughts?

my eldest(18) is also going to uni in a few weeks, though I'm kind of used to it as she's been away at college for the last two years. Only this time she's going much further so it will be really weird.

Am lucky enough to have two younger dc's so I won't have time to mope too much.

do you think your dd is picking up on the fact that you're dreading her going? I think we've really got push them off with a smile on our faces, tell them what a brilliant time they're going to have, how proud we are blether blether.

Get interested in her plans, get enthusiastic about all the options open to her, and above all, don't make her worry about leaving you.

Tell her it's open house at your place to bring home her new friends for the weekend...but she must give you notice because you won't be home much!!!!