Empty Nests Support Group

How my son has not contacted me. I was in hospital tuesday, I'm63/he is 20 and my only child. Our life path has not been easy, we are all we have..each other as my family has all died, and his father doesn't have anthing to do with us. His loss!. Oh well, one day at a time, acceptance of what is and do the best I can with each day. Take care, ML

Hi folks. I hve not been here in a while even though I can't say things have been great with my son. He moved out two years ago, didn't contact us much but then I somewhat felt things were better -- we went out to dinner once a week and he came to our church and spent time with us on Sunday afternoons. He got involved with a young lady 19 months ago but dropped her b/c of emotional...

I am a single mom of 21 yrs. I have a son who still live with me who is 21 and my daughter 19 just moved out. my situation is rather different. she did not tell me ahead of time I caught her in the middle of moving out. She will not tell me who she lives with only the town. I know it is not her boyfriend of 3 yrs, he still lives down the street from me however he says if she dont want to tell...

For some reason this year getting my kids back to college has really hit me hard. It was the first summer my son did not come home, although he visited, yet stayed with his Dad. I sold the family home 3 years ago and since that time the kids no longer stay with me when home. I try not to make a big deal out of it but it really hurts, Ive shared custody with the dad 50/50 since kids were little...

My one and only son is away at college. I am in California and he is in Washington. It has been tough. I divorced his dad when my son was 4. It has been just my son and me for the last 14 years. I am working hard at not getting depressed. I miss him. I want to give him his space and I don't want to be a helicopter parent. I miss talking to him or texting him. Most importantly, I miss hugging him....

So depressed not sure what to do. My grandkids just move across the country, we used to have them every weekend. They are 1 , 2 and 3. My son is Air Force so he is always gone and my daugbter starts college next week and decided she needs to have more of a social.life and i cant be her best friend any longer. Major family drama that destroyed all.of my relationships with my sisters and...

I am a single mom living in Wisconsin and just got back from driving my youngest son to Arizona to attend ASU as a junior. He did 2 years of college in Wisconsin playing basketball and I got to go to games all the time, but now he's thousands of miles away. My heart is broken and I don't know how to make it through the day. He's so far away that I can't just visit any time and everything in my...

I have two amazing kids, both doing as well, way better actually, than I could hope for. I am single, their Mom is around, but I had sole custody the last 8 years. My son is 21, about to be a senior in college and already has a job lined up. When he left for school, my daughter and I were alone here the last 3 years and we have become fierce buddies. I am dropping her at school, about 7 hours...

I treasured my children as they were growing up as I'm sure everyone on here did. My husband was never on the same page. He was annoyed, burdened, and as soon as they were all 18, he stopped supporting them. He retired early from a federal job and has been traveling around the world for the last two years. He didn't invite any of us. I have stayed home with our children and talked them into going...

Dropped my daughter off at college yesterday. Meeting up with her later today to get some last minute things and say out goodbyes. Heading back home 900 miles away tomorrow. Torn between being proud of her and depressed about not having my daughter at home anymore.

Sufferers of empty nest syndrome, according to Susan Whitbourne's blog on Huffpost, "feel that they've outlived their usefulness and sense of purpose." That certainly describes my feelings, and perhaps many others here. I am new to this group and would like a friend to release my hurt to, and will listen to any of you who respond, with compassion, understanding, and non-judgemental...

My daughter is 17 & talking about going to college next year. Im 53 & having a hard time picturing life without her

I am 45 years old and have devoted the past 25 years of my life to my two boys who are 25 and 20. My 25 year old left my household at 14 to go live with his father. It was devastating. There was much resistance to letting me be much involved with his life from that point going forward. I resent his father greatly for that. Today he is 25, lives in Chicago and very independent. I feel we are...

I'm a single mom. My daughter graduated high school last year. First year of college was a disaster. Now she's announced that she's moving out the end of the month. She is in no way prepared. But she is moving into a "basement apartment" with her best friend in his mom's house. So at least I know she will be safe. I feel like I've been on an emotional roller coaster since she's made this...

I think this is what I have. I just realised last night when I broke down into hysterical crying for about the 100th time since my son left home.Long story short, he met a girl August, they were 6-8 weeks pregnant by mid-november, parents by July, married in Feb! She sure was determined she'd get his ass! I don't blame her to be honest, he's a pretty good catch. Handsome, kind, caring, working....