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Can't believe how emotional I am feeling...

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Mo2 · 03/09/2004 11:09

It is DS1's last day in nursery today after 4.5 years there. He starts school next week.
He is absolutely fine about it.... I am a nervous wreck.

We went into nursery this morning armed with some presents for favourite teachers, and some sweets to leave in kids trays. While we were handing out the teacher presents I could feel myself 'welling up'. By the time I got back into the car outside I was bawling my eyes out.

I just don't understand. I just normally don't DO this sort of emotional thing...

Now I'm sitting here at work feeling that if anyone asks me about anything I'll burst into tears...
Also just can't help thinking about the awful Russian school terrorist thing, and that starts to set me off again.

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joanneg · 03/09/2004 11:34

blee your heart. Do you think that maybe the russian school thing (being so horrible and upsetting) has made you feel emoational and as a result you are upset about ds leaving his nursery?

TBH I am such a softy ds strting big school would set me off! So I dont think that what you are feeling is unusual. He has been at the nursery all of that time and you have built up relationships with the staff and the rountine and all of a sudden he is leaving. So I am not surprised. I reckon though that give it a couple of weeks and you will be settled into the new routine. ((hugs))

joanneg · 03/09/2004 11:35

ps. excuse my terrible typos and spelling errors! ds has been a whirlwind this morning and I am jittery!

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Mo2 · 03/09/2004 12:07

Joanne -I think you're right - about the Russian thing.

The stupid thing about the nursery thing is that DS2 (aged 2) is still there, so it's not even as if I won't be seeing them again!

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Easy · 03/09/2004 12:18

Mo, ever since I had ds 5 years ago, I can cry at anything. Yesterday ds started school, and as he happily skipped int the classroom I was weeping into dh's shoulder!

Won't watch the news tonight either

joanneg · 04/09/2004 19:38

Mo2 - how are you feeling today? I know that the Russian school situation has got so much worse and I thought of you.

sportyspice · 04/09/2004 20:21

I am just one big bundle of emotional hormones since having children and regularly cry at the news or re-laid tragic stories. I always did get upset before but having children has made it even more so.

When dd1 had her last day at her nursery i had to get dh to pick her up because i knew the final goodbyes to everyone could possibly bring on a flood of tears from myself. Don't feel embarrassed as we've all been there.

Soothepoo · 04/09/2004 21:00

Me too, Mo2. Two weeks ago dd left her nursery where she has been since she was nine months old, and I made a complete fool of myself by blubbing when saying goodbye to all her carers. To make matters worse, on her first day of school last Thursday I stayed with dd for assembly, during which they played a piece of music that ALWAYS makes me cry even at the best of times, so I had to do a lot of intense staring at the floor to avoid losing it altogether. After assembly I left dd, which involved her crying and clinging on to me, her teacher holding her and me prising her hands from my arms. Far too stressful, and I was bawling my eyes out as I drove home .
The Russian thing is unbearable .

123V · 04/09/2004 21:07

No! I just cried at the X Factor when that young Mum wasn't let through, she was 20 with a 20 month old baby - Sharon Osbourne cried, I did too. FOR GOD'S SAKE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME?! ( 3 month old first child in house!)

sportyspice · 04/09/2004 21:10

that would've made me cry too

SoupDragon · 04/09/2004 21:12

Mo2, I cried when DS1 left nursery and yes, DS2 was still going there! I dread to think what it will be like when DS2 leaves this time next year...

moomina · 04/09/2004 22:07

Yep, I'm exactly the same - have been a mess of weepiness since ds was born 14 months ago. Cry at adverts, at news items, at soaps. Had to actually leave the room yesterday when that song by The Streets came on the radio, because I was about to lose it, fgs! Cry looking at my ds and thinking how amazing he is and how I can't believe I made him And have cried lots at the news over the last couple of days. It's all very strange.

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Mo2 · 04/09/2004 22:39

Thanks for replies everyone... I'm fine now, like I said it was just an unexpected trigger.

But moomina, like ou say, since having kids I am MUCH more emotional.. there's definitely a maternal protectiove thing going on which I can't control...

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moomina · 05/09/2004 18:17

Have just burst into tears at The Beatles' 'She's Leaving Home' on the radio. Had to go and lock myself in the bathroom as I was to embarrassed to let anyone see me. What is the matter with me???!

I think I should just not listen to the radio anymore...

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