<p>Yes, it seems like they do go back so quickly (sorry I cannot say that it gets easier as they get older because they are still your babies and you’ll still get a little weepy everytime he leaves). </p>
<p>But I bet you have seen how much he has grown in the short time he has been away at school. He probably can’t wait to get back to the friends (but he’ll never confess that he’s going to miss you too). We just have to take solace in the fact that our kids are happy and are doing well. March well be here before you know it. remember we have spent the past 17/18 years to bring them to this point ;)</p>
<p>he came home so happy, confident and excited. i was so glad he had such a great fall term. great experiences in the classroom and on the field. he is a very happy young man.</p>
<p>I am in the same boat. DS went back to school today. I find myself feeling much worse than in September. The break was incredible, and way too short. The house is terribly quiet now, even the dog looks depressed.</p>
<p>maybe i should get a dog? i have thought about it a lot lately! i need something to distract me. i don’t go back to work until the 9th–i will probably go crazy before that…</p>
<p>{{{{{{{{{more big hugs}}}}}}}
good luck to you, parabella</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat…DS leaves tomorrow AM with GF to go back to school. I feel that we are dead to him, buried and forgotten. I don’t think I’ll ever get over this. He’s our only and I’ve been in very ill health for about 2 years. I wonder often if it has all been worth it. I feel I have aged decades and feel I have absolutely nothing to look forward to. Dogs are great, but they aren’t him. There isn’t anything that works to distract me, and my health doesn’t allow me to work outside the home or be as active as I once was…so I think it’s made this process much more difficult. I don’t wish this on anyone. His attitude toward us makes me feel just ancient and worthless…not the ending I envisioned.</p>
<p>wbow and parabella, I know exactly how you feel. When my daughter left in August I sat around and watched baby videos and sobbed for about a month. Now she is home and won’t be leaving until the end of January (yay!) but I know I’ll spiral out of control again when she leaves.</p>
<p>i am sorry that you and your son have reached this point. i gues it proves that whether you get along great or not, it’s still a long, hard process. I am sure that some day you and your son will find that things are better for both of you. I am pretty sure that I was insensitive to my parents around the time I was leaving for college. </p>
<p>For all the rest of us, well, can only hope that we do get better! I am hoping that I can last a little longer between each one of my crying jags! I think I should get out a timer…Go five minutes without crying…then go 7 minutes…maybe it’s not so crazy???</p>
<p>sages
28 years ago today, I had my firstborn S. He is the one that makes me the craziest and I wonder if it was all worth it…don’t despair they do grow up and realize how much we have sacrificed for them. Sometimes a straight forward email or talk helps him know how you feel…which may also be exasperated by your health condition.</p>
<p>I suspect having a gf may just be a distraction right now too! Been through many of those with my son…they always turn to mom when they need you!</p>
<p>wbow:
I highly recommend getting a dog, very therapeutic.
Sage: I am so sorry, please, don’t think it’s an ending. Our S is the only child too, and he is in his first REAL relationship. Certain things had to be readjusted, we had to come to terms with certain things, but in the end, I think OUR relationship is alive, it’s just different. You are going to be allright. They come back, maybe not exactly our little boys anymore, but our boys always.</p>
<p>I think it’s time for group {{{{{{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}}}}. I just saw my youngest off at the train station. I think it’s made even more difficult knowing that neither of the girls are coming home for spring break. Sigh…</p>
<p>i’m just a few hours behind you…here’s a hug</p>
<p>{{{{{HUG}}}}}</p>
<p>I was so tearful yesterday–I would try to hide from everyone now and then just to keep it to myself. Today I feel a bit stronger. Not sure why, but I do. I just hope I can hang in there!</p>
<p>What are you doing this afternoon? I hope you can plan something fun to distract yourself!</p>