My baby leaves for Uni after nearly 19 years of being my little shadow and side kick she's going off in to the big wide world she's coming back at the weekend though for her birthday and to get her washing done so she informs me
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I never used to return home with my washing every weekend
I'm thinking I may be getting a few visits to get her washing done
I'm putting Dittys big girl pants on
Lot of getting used to but we'll get there first time I've lived alone
Awww big hugs jue its hard init xx my nearly 18 year old starts his job monday
I got my daughter every Thursday night and drove her back Sunday with a massive food parcel I cried for weeks and not over the food parcel
Lot of getting used to but we'll get there first time I've lived alone
You'll be fine
Having an empty nest in your 30`s seems a bit odd maybe I need another baby her dad has took her out for a meal tonight but it was really a surprise party for her to say goodbye
I think she is nervous and still isn't really sure she's doing the right thing but she's got to try it to be sure
Good luck to your daughter Aimee I now live on my own(it's fine,I quite enjoy the freedom to do what the hell I like!
Good luck to your daughter Aimee I now live on my own(it's fine,I quite enjoy the freedom to do what the hell I like!
Thank you
Aimee you must be so proud of her
I am going to miss the tyke
i know Ashton is 3 in December
Olivia 7 in November
Aimee I feel for you. I'm sure you saw my FB yesterday when I was having a meltdown about my eldest starting big school so I can only imagine how you're feeling about Lil Aims actually leaving home!!
I hope you are both happily surprised with how it goes xx
Aimee I feel for you. I'm sure you saw my FB yesterday when I was having a meltdown about my eldest starting big school so I can only imagine how you're feeling about Lil Aims actually leaving home!!
I hope you are both happily surprised with how it goes xx
I keep reminding myself it's not like I'll never see her again
Aw Aims... just be proud.
Less than 48hrs now just been helping her pack, the house looks like a hurricane has past through, she's taking that much stuff I think she thinks she's getting a home not a room
She rang me today to say she's found out she's got a double bed not a single, so I took back all the bedding and exchanged it, got home and realised I'd forgot about the quilt being a single so got to go again tomorrow
I need a holiday
Where you thinking of going on Hols Aims? I hear Leeds is nice this time of year
Kids eh? they have you running around all over the place for them!
Leeds in October maybe she's getting nervous now bless her
She'll be fine, she's always come across sound.
...and you can have all-night parties.
Leeds in October maybe she's getting nervous now bless her
Perfect! And she's got a double bed so you can bunk-up with her!
Tell her I said that and let me know what she said back...
Having an empty nest in your 30`s seems a bit odd maybe I need another baby
It's bliss.... and you don't need another baby 'cos they NEVER come back alone! Your house will now be a B&B to all her mates.
Buy an industrial washing machine (And a bottle of gin. Make that a crate).
Good luck to her, Aimee; she'll be fine
This bit is the worst bit for you Aims... honest....
well, this bit and perhaps for a few days after she's gone too...
Its horrible... but I swear its short lived... they return (ALOT ) and you'd be amazed how quickly you adjust each time she goes.
Just bracing myself for it with Ickle (though nowhere near as bad as the first time).. keep reminding myself that its always the run up to her going that I find hard... once she's gone its fine... Its like Ickle Who?
But in the meantime... ---- tissues xxxxx
You will be fine... in a week or so xxx
and as for the empty nest syndrome...
I don't quite have that... as I have Alfie, Loki & MrD still here (whooop de bloody dooo )...
but my bessie is facing it this year. She just has the one daughter, and she leaves to live in London to go to Dance School (not called a dance school... called something that sounds like a conservatory.. but isn't )... She's in a bit of a state at the moment too..
Her daughter leaves end of next week....
In the meantime my friend has taken up running... she's been out running around the village every night over the summer and is participating in a 10k charity run next weekend, her chosen charity is Macmillan (cos of how much she saw them help me recently)
Anyways... she reckons running is good... no one can see your tears... it clears your head... and has the benefit of giving you a perky rear end as well!
I have got as far as buying some running shoes
Though, in fairness to me... I have also given up smoking! (just over 6 weeks smoke free now)
I had to do ^^^^ before starting to run... I also had to wait for the evenings to draw in so I could start to run under the cover of darkness
I'm not feeling to bad at the moment, had a few lip wobbles in the week but I put Dittys big girl pants on and manned up
She's going to be coming back a fair bit as her boyfriend lives here and she's already asking me when I'll be going up to stay
I hope she will settle in ok, she's had a few wobbles herself this week and I can see my phone ringing a lot over the next week, we've been out buying every thing she needs this week and I get the impression she seems to think she's setting up a penthouse apartment and I can see her being in for a huge shock when she gets there.
Thanks for all your advice and well wishes
I'd join you running Ditty but I'm erm washing my hair
She's gone she had a few tears but was ok by the time she left, I'm feeling ok at the moment, I may need wine later though
Aimee I feel for you. I'm sure you saw my FB yesterday when I was having a meltdown about my eldest starting big school so I can only imagine how you're feeling about Lil Aims actually leaving home!!
I hope you are both happily surprised with how it goes xx
Ells I was much worse when Master C started big school than when he started Primary.
Aimee she'll be fine, from what you've told us she comes across as a sensible girl. Enjoy the freedom
She's text me 4 times already she's back next weekend for her birthday so it doesn't feel that bad
proud of ya Aims... glad me big girl pants are doing their job
Lil Aims will be fine...
I am from Leeds.. I have staggered fallen crawled danced home through most of the campus at some time or another.....
once we even got a lift home from the local constabulary (in a nice friendly way... not like the police down here in Essex.. they're a bit scary down here)
Thanks for the lend of the pants she was a bit teary this morning but that's natural, I've told her if she doesn't like it she can always come home, she's met one of the people she's sharing with and she has to be at uni for 9am tomorrow