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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Empty nesters who can afford it don’t move when their kids go to college because of:

1.  Needless guilt that their kids will be “sad” about it, which is ridiculous and so selfish of the kids.

2.  Fear of trying something new after many years of hunkering down in the same place.

3.  Inertia and laziness.

The problem is that, as another poster has noted, time is fleeting.  You do this, and at the blink of an eye another 10 years has gone by and you’re sitting in the same place living in the past as all of your memories grow old around you. There’s more of life than that.  You’re living without your kids for many more years than you’ll be living with them.  Get out there![/quote]

Some of us are already "out there." DH and I stuck it out raising DCs in NYC . . . now that they're more independent, we're back to regularly enjoying shows, restaurants, events, and just wandering around different neighborhoods for the hell of it. After DH retires we may spend some of the winter months in a warmer place, but we have no plans to give up our primary home.[/quote]

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