<p>Well i will be going off to college in 2 years and i know how my mom is going to react she going to cry and not want me to leave and hug me for 5 minutes straight. So im wondering how did your parents react.</p>
<p>My parents were pretty strong. When they were hugging me and saying bye, my mom got a little sniffly and my dad’s voice was thick but that was pretty much it. I totally expected waterworks.</p>
<p>When i left for Boarding school, my parents said good bye briefly and that was it.
But later they told me over the phone that they couldn’t go back to the house because the house looked so empty without me being there so instead they went on a trip. Now, everytime I leave home, they go on a trip after saying goodbye at the airport.
At first, I cried in the airport as soon as they couldn’t see me but now that we are so used to living apart, I think both my parents and I will be cool when I leave for college.</p>
<p>indifferent</p>
<p>Party! They dropped me off, and then they threw some raging kegger at their house later on that night.</p>
<p>Father: By George! that kid gotta cost me a fortune! 4 years college plus maybe 2 years graduate school!!! 
:D</p>
<p>Mother: go and make me proud! </p>
<p>They said they won’t accompany me to the airport though.</p>
<p>“Remember, son, GPA is King…”</p>
<p>Well, the summer before, my mom tried to control every facet of my life. She was extremely clingy and really didn’t want to let go. Once I left, she calmed down a lot. This summer she has been a lot more indifferent and less controlling. She didn’t want to let go at all. My dad was just accepting.</p>
<p>My dad was pretty calm about it. But it was just me and my mom moving stuff in and whatnot, and we both cried a lot.
It got better every time I came back from break though.</p>
<p>They stayed only long enough to meet my roommate and her parents, then hugged me, said goodbye and left. It was no biggie to them…but I’m also the 3rd kid to go to college.</p>
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this will be my parents haha</p>
<p>Parents dropped me off, help me unpack, mom made my bed, gave me a little cash, hugged, kiss and left. Seemed happy</p>
<p>They said, “see you thanksgiving” and drove off as fast as they could.</p>
<p>My parents sort of helped me pack my car in the morning (but not really), sent me and my fiance up to school to unpack, came up for about 5 minutes (but really just came to go to a bar near campus), and said “don’t come back until Thanksgiving.”</p>
<p>No emotions lol.</p>
<p>“Bye.” Then I took the plane and moved into my dorm with the help of relatives.</p>
<p>My family is actually awesome.</p>
<p>My mom god a little sad but everyone was so tired by the time we got my stuff moved in that they were prepared to leave without much fuss. She proceeded to text me nonstop for like a week, but I didn’t mind and it tapered off eventually.</p>
<p>The first time I moved out was for an internship for school, but I was still gone for a semester’s worth of time and everything. It was really hard for my parents…they don’t like the idea of me growing up, and I like to say that they’d be perfectly happy with me living in my bedroom my whole life, haha. My dad was pretty strong considering how he usually acts, he stayed at home while me and my mom drove down. He got a little teary eyed, and I know it was really hard for him to let go. Me and my mom cried multiple times during our trip there. I’m very close to my parents so it’s hard to let go, but at the same time I just have to remind myself (and them!) of all the great things I want to do with my life. And those can’t be done from my bedroom!</p>
<p>Next month we get to try moving out: part 2 as I officially move to college for the first time. I don’t think it’ll be <em>as</em> bad though because I’m only moving 2.5 hours away or so. It’s nice to know that you could go home anytime if you wanted to 
Not saying I’ll be back every weekend! But it sure is a better feeling than being 10 hours away by yourself. I know my family’s probably a lot happier with this idea.</p>
<p>The last days were quite weird, everyone wanted to take me out one more time, we spent time in the area (we used to travel around a lot on weekends, so it was different) and talking was kinda painful.</p>
<p>Both my parents “secretly” gave me some extra-cash, und mum packed food for at least a week. She still does that everytime I visit :-)…</p>
<p>It took almost a year until I really realised that I have left for good. Intellectually I knew this, yes, but to start your own traditions and call a place “hometown” and so on “feels” different. </p>
<p>My parents later said that it was hard for them - the house was so empty. Course, I have a little sister, but she isn’t that much of a rascal… It also kinda freaked me out when they started talking about holiday plans and the problem with the heating and all the little things that are now no longer a big part of my life.</p>
<p>^ I know what you mean. When I visited home it was just SO weird. Everything felt new, it was completely strange. It certainly took some getting used to when I moved back for the summer. Even just the little things, like my mom telling me they went out to eat or that someone was about to take a trip to the store. I’d just be like “oh, that’s cool” when I probably would have had some big part in that before. It’s weird!</p>
<p>Am I the only one whose parents are going to make a huge deal?
My mom has been talking about how sad she is almost every day and I don’t leave for three weeks. She and my dad plan on staying with me the whole day when I move in just to hang out until the last minute.
I just hope they don’t cry -_-</p>