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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds typical soiling the nest behavior.

https://grownandflown.com/soiling-the-nest-teens-being-bad/[/quote]

Yup.  OP my son is the same age and has completely shifted his social life from me (COVID-related) to a group of friends, and it has been a hard summer.

He has not been as mouthy, but maybe that gives me something to look forward to when he really gets ready to go off to college. :shock:

It's time for you (and me) to start developing more outside interests. I had already started that, but now I have some real time to actually do things on a regular basis.  I think part of it is they are worried you and I can't function without them, lol. Show him you can. Not only that, but you enjoy doing stuff without him.

I was able to work in seeing two matinee movies with my son this summer. And that was really enjoyable. Otherwise, he was out with friends almost all day, every day. A huge switch from biking/hiking/walking the dog with me. Going to movies only with me. Me teaching him how to drive. And so on. So I did miss him. But it is normal for them to pull away. We need to let them do it. I did more furniture refinishing, more gardening, more bike trips by myself, and it has been luxurious.  Find the good in this. Your relationship with him will return, just in a different way.[/quote]

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