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Parents of adult children

Wondering how to stop worrying about your grown child? Speak to others in our Parents of Adult Children forum.

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58 replies

ZackyVengeance · 01/04/2017 15:50

A shiney new topic
I have 2

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pinkieandperkie · 01/04/2017 16:02

I have three.

LapdanceShoeshine · 01/04/2017 16:03

I have 4

TOP TRUMPS Grin

DramaAlpaca · 01/04/2017 16:05

I have three of the not so little darlings.

fruitbats · 01/04/2017 16:05

1 for me. What shall we talk about? Grin

ZackyVengeance · 01/04/2017 16:06

Well mine are 25 and 21(well 22 in a few days)

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ZackyVengeance · 01/04/2017 16:07

Are we supposed to talk about them?
Gosh, well mine are boring apart from ds wants to leave his job to be self employed
And dd is disabled so i am looking at the joy that is adult social care

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PortiaCastis · 01/04/2017 16:08

I have only 1 who is 18

PortiaCastis · 01/04/2017 16:10

Mine is canoodling her bf in fact I fear she may devour him. Obviously he is far more important than revising for exams

DramaAlpaca · 01/04/2017 16:14

Mine are all boys, 23, 22 & 19, and all living at home. I fear I have spoiled them terribly Grin

BackforGood · 01/04/2017 16:15

Are we going on actual age, or maturity ? Wink

hoddtastic · 01/04/2017 16:16

I have one biggie and 2 smaller children.I don't know what I was thinking starting again when she was 13.

ZackyVengeance · 01/04/2017 16:18

I do have ds gf as well at the moment as she is with us temporarily
So do i count her

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WandaOver · 01/04/2017 16:18

I have two, 21 and 19 both students, both currently at home for Easter eating me out of house and home.

TondelayaDellaVentamiglia · 01/04/2017 16:23

I have three, two are in the process of joining the Forces, one will be doing nursing.

boy, girl, boy..and hopefully girl child will see sense and take the top floor of the house as a "bedsit" while she studies

and dh and I can cavort about the world while she studies and keeps the house safe ( ish )

LapdanceShoeshine · 01/04/2017 16:23

My first baby turns 35 today Shock The others are nearly 32, 28 & nearly 24. GGBB. Teacher, social worker, financial adviser & student.

The youngest is the hardest work ;of course) but they've all had their moments.

No grandchildren on (or even over) the horizon.

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 01/04/2017 16:31

4 here too. Youngest dd at uni at same city as her db lives. The oldest (as, anxiety, depression) and my other ds are still at home, smoking too much dope and being lazy arsed gits.

fruitbats · 01/04/2017 16:34

Mine is 35. He works in customer services. I foolishly believed that when he reached 18 the hard work would be over. Grin There have been different challenges as he has got older. I have 2 DGD's.

WandaOver · 01/04/2017 16:37

I wonder why there is a new topic - did someone ask for it?
How many of us are

MILs?

abbey44 · 01/04/2017 16:52

I've got two boys aged 21 and 24. Both living & working away - one in London and one in Sierra Leone - so I don't see them nearly often enough. I've got two dogs to keep me company, but it's not quite the same Grin

ZackyVengeance · 01/04/2017 17:15

I wonder why as well but
I am hopeful this will be somewhere i can get advice and support from when dd moves on from college, even though she will be going onto adult residential care as apposed to leaving home.
Hopefully you lot will be able to make me not cry

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MadameCholetsDirtySecret · 01/04/2017 17:18

I have one DS who is 25. He is currently in Lisbon on holiday with friends. Lucky bugger.

AstrantiaMajor · 01/04/2017 17:27

I wonder which of us on MN has the oldest adult offspring.

StickyWick · 01/04/2017 17:28

My four are all at Uni, (BBGG) two are graduating this summer. They are all happy and it's bloody lovely not to have things to worry about. I'm sure there will be in future but for now everything is sweet and I going to enjoy it while it lasts.

I love having 'kids' this age. I find them interesting and good company. I like the fact that they still like the occasional bit of 'mothering' but are responsible for themselves. It's like I mostly get the fun bits without the hassle - sometimes when they were very little I felt I got all the hassle and none of the fun 😂.

There is so much doom and despondency in the news these days that it's easy to forget that the world can still be an exciting place for some young people.

insancerre · 01/04/2017 17:41

I have 2
DD is 20 and DS is 27

Somebody must have asked for a new topic?

Sparklingbrook · 01/04/2017 18:03

I will have one in June.

Would very much like to know why we have this topic. Maybe I should tell my Mum about it. Grin