It was my parents’ 50th anniversary this weekend. I can’t tell you how many people asked DH and I how we are handling the empty nest. Truth is (and we were a bit embarrassed to admit) we have never been better. We love our daughter to the moon and back and would do anything for her (including paying out of pocket $70,000 a year for college that we had to take out a second mortgage to pay)…but the fact is, we have never gotten along better.