Mr. Silver Sends Thanks

[Mr. Bloom]

.... at which age of child do you become empty nesters? when they turn 21...or... when they actually leave home...
I hate to tell you this, but one of my sons has been back once, and the other has been back twice, and he's here now and he's 28!
Don't you be bragging about empty nesting until it's a done deal!

Well Mimi, for me, it will be when they go off to college. However, if they come back, the determination will rest on how much rent they pay and whether they have eating and laundry service or not

[silver]

Well Mimi, for me, it will be when they go off to college. However, if they come back, the determination will rest on how much rent they pay and whether they have eating and laundry service or not

ahem....you know....for the most part....they already don't have eating and laundry service as it is now. (we've taught the kids to fend for themselves early)

[mimitabby]

ahem....you know....for the most part....they already don't have eating and laundry service as it is now. (we've taught the kids to fend for themselves early)

Same here, but when my son comes home at dinner time, it's impossible for me to say "sorry, no food for you" because I always cook extra.

[IFjane]

Mr. Silver, I too loved your post about becoming empty nesters. I can tell you (& everyone else) from personal experience that when a couple does not try to have mutual interests ahead of time, it can be too late once the kids are gone.

In a previous life, about 3 months from when my youngest would be leaving for college, my workaholic husband said, "Next fall, when Liz leaves, I am going to start coming home every day at 5:30." My response by then was, "Why bother? You didn't come home to see the kids, you never showed up at their activities, and you never had time to do anything with me..."

Keep up the good work, Mr. Silver - you are a gem! (& it's fun having you here!)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Our parents moved frequently from place to place when we were little. But we always found them.

P.S. I post at least twice as much as most people here, and I am definitely guilty of doing some of it for the attention. But believe it or not, I do sometimes actually restrain myself from posting!