Reply to Is it really so bad to move when the kids are in college?

Forum Index » Adult Children

Reply to "Is it really so bad to move when the kids are in college?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]My parents are divorced (had been my whole childhood, basically, 50/50 custody, no drama).

I'm the youngest, and my dad moved the weekend after he dropped me at college, to a place about an hour away. No problem at all. Couple of things made a difference:

1) It felt like a decision I was really involved in - selecting the new house, decorating, etc. It very much felt like "our house" because of that, I think.
2) It was planned for a few years, so no shock. I would make sure they knew this was happening before their senior year of high school even starts. Ideally like now-ish.
3) I had my own room in the new house, that I had decorated. I packed everything up before I left, Dad did a lot of unpacking while I was at school, and when I came home for Christmas I finished unpacking my personal stuff and getting my room set up.

In my case, Mom stayed in our home town (they had lived about a mile apart) so it was easy to see friends when I was staying with her.

I felt very at home there until my dad moved about 4 years ago (I'm in my 40s).

On the flip side, my best friend's parents divorced as soon as she left home and THAT was an unmitigated disaster, that honestly in our 40s I think still impacts her negatively. [/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