<p>My college bound child is counting the days until she leaves by putting "only —days until (college name) on the white board outside her room.</p>
<p>Any similar experiences?</p>
<p>Freshman? Older?</p>
<p>I say no. I love my D home, but of greater comfort to me is that when she is away she is totally happy and secure. </p>
<p>I think your life would be more stressed if it was the opposite - that she was dreading leaving.</p>
<p>Honestly, why take it personally at all? </p>
<p>College is not about you.</p>
<p>Now if it said “__ days until I leave my family forever” that’d be another matter.</p>
<p>Kei</p>
<p>^ agree with that. If it were something like, “____days till I get out of this house,” it would be pretty rude. It sounds like she’s just really excited about college - a good thing, right? Doesn’t mean she won’t miss you and the family.</p>
<p>gree with that. If it were something like, “____days till I get out of this house,” it would be pretty rude.</p>
<p>That is probably more like what my D would have, but at least it would be on the inside of her closet door.</p>
<p>Be glad that she is excited about school. It’s prob. not a reflection of how she feels about home and family but of all the excitement that lies ahead.</p>
<p>I would put a board outside of her door - “__ days until I get my own sitting area.”</p>
<p>My younger child, who has a far smaller room than his sister, hopes to knock a hole in the wall into his sister’s room for his sitting area.</p>
<p>I don’t know that my daughter has a chart, but I know she is looking forward to going. And after a less than wonderful experience in high school, I am looking forward to a happier college experience for her. If she had a chart, we would all laugh and enjoy it with her.</p>
<p>^^Only 22 days here but who’s counting?</p>
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<p>What a good idea! My spawn is away at CTY right now, so I can provide one of these for his homecoming; I think he’d love it! Thanks!</p>
<p>I want to add something else.
Be glad- it means you did your job, you prepared your daughter for the next stage of her life & she is looking forward to it.</p>
<p>We know it is hard- but labor was the easy part.</p>
<p>There are days I want to put up that chart. 14 and counting. And yes, the day before she is going to the dentist. I cant figure out all the stuff is fitting in the car so I told her no more buying.</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing your experiences. I’m actually quite happy that she’s feeling that good about her decision. She’s going to be a freshman in another state.</p>
<p>My D is doing this, and she is headed off for her sophomore year. It does make me feel sad, as it is definitely a high point for D2 and I to have her here for the summer, and it will be lonely without her in the fall. I am happy for her that she made a good choice when selecting her school, but that doesn’t make me feel better when she is “counting down”.</p>
<p>Just chalk it up to youthful thoughtlessness.</p>
<p>The night before we moved our D into her dorm as a freshman, at a school 35 minutes from our house, she looked at me with her angelic eyes that you can get lost in and said, “Do you realize that I will never be living here again?” Now, 2 years later, as she stops by every weekend, I realize my response should have been, “Do you realize that you can never do your laundry here again?”</p>