<p>My son is a sophomore and spent 2 days with us for T-G. We get along great, but what I hadn’t anticipated when he went off to college is that when we ARE together, especially this year, we tend to run out of things to say to each other and there are a lot more awkward silences. We’re each making our own new life without the other, and so we no longer have shared experiences to talk about. It’s occurring to me that as the years go by, the gulf will probably widen even more. I hadn’t seen this coming for some reason!</p>