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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a question for op and others in a similar circumstance and feeling....
Did you expect to feel this way? Was it surprising?

I ask because I adore my kids and being with them but am looking forward to them leaving for college. I wonder if things will be as amazing as I am expecting when/if they leave. They are still my world but I want them to be happy and somewhere else.[/quote]

I’m OP. It was surprising because I was not sad to send them off to college. And after he was stuck home because of Covid, I was all about finding him an apartment and helping him move. I think the difference this time is the knowledge that it won’t be easy for him to come “home” for prolonged periods (a week or more) anymore. And now that I’m typing it, I think the fact this is no longer his home, but his parents home is the big thing.

I’m happy for him. This is exactly what should be happening. He’s grown and successful and living his life. But I was not anticipating this melancholy at all. [/quote]

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