Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Eldercare
Reply to "I DO NOT want to be an empty nester."
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]OP, it might not be the size of your house, but the layout. We've found with one college grad, one in college and two still at home that having one central gathering place is nice, but it's also important to have space for everyone to get away from each other. So, when we want to be together we hang out in the kitchen or in the family room (kitchen and FR are essentially one big open space). When we want quiet, we can retreat to the den, screened porch or our bedrooms. We also have a guest room with full bath in the basement, which helps when kids bring guests home or we have cousins visiting. On a more philosophical note, though, I understand your wanting to have a home that is welcoming for your adult children, but I also think you need to understand that they might not be around as often as you would like them to be. Enjoy them when they're with you and don't sink into a morass of self-pity or try to make them feel guilty when they're not. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
