04-13-2022, 03:13 AM | #221 | |
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Meanwhile it is still so stressful … my youngest has been driving for 10 months and it still stresses me out though it is getting a little bit better. Hang in there Dan. |
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04-13-2022, 07:05 AM | #222 |
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I’m not even talking about being scared for their safety. I’m more talking about the end of their reliance on me and their impending flying of the coop. It struck me all at once watching him drive away from me.
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04-13-2022, 07:27 AM | #223 | |
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Of course, I will also be one of those parents who stays up worrying until my kid gets home safely. |
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04-13-2022, 08:20 AM | #224 |
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The end of total reliance morphs into a support and guidance model that is nothing to sneeze at.
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04-13-2022, 08:30 AM | #225 | |
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Sometimes I tell my wife, these kids are never moving out, I think I figured out the solution, my wife and I get another home and leave them in our house in NY but the prices in Florida are still ridiculous |
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04-13-2022, 08:43 AM | #226 |
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Well, that's not going to happen when they leave for college
And I certainly would not hope that they move back in after college
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04-13-2022, 09:13 AM | #227 | |
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But don’t worry spending your money on college is just another step, you still have weddings and down payment on houses to pay for … it never ends |
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04-13-2022, 09:29 AM | #228 |
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Alan, let me just say that your experiences and expectations as a parent are vastly different than mine.
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