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Originally Posted by Tink
I'm sorry ladies.
And then you have mothers like me who are SO glad to see them go. LOL
I've had friends who just hated when their kids left home, so I do believe I'm the odd man out here.
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I don't think that there's any thing wrong with "mothers like you"! My last daughter, Dae Lynn, that moved out recently was told it was time to get a place of her own. At the age of 25 we had seen her through college where she moved in and out with us depending on where she went to college. She graduated this spring and was ready to move into someplace of her own but we had the flood and all available housing was taken by displaced families so she couldn't find any place to live. Something finally came up for rent with some people that we knew and she jumped right in and rented it. It was really rough with her moving in and out and living on her own. She learned to live on her own and needed to be on her own because she wasn't used to having rules to live by and having a parent tell her once again that her room needed to be cleaned or else!!! I told her many times that she needed to move out. I was kind but she knew that I wasn't kidding. I think that there is definitely a time for them to move out on their own!!!!! It's still hard to think about her having to handle everything on her own but we're still here for her. So see, you're not necessarily the "odd man out"!! I'm riding the fence on this thread!!!!