My kids (late elementary & middle school) are at sleep away camp right now and it's glorious. It's like a tiny taste of the freedom that will come in the future.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh I'm absolutely excited!!!! I love my kid but I love my marriage more and pine for alone time with my husband

This is absolutely insane to me. I'm not saying it's wrong or bad but I'm truly shocked by it. I love my husband but I would push him in front of a fast moving train if it meant saving one of my children.

I should have added, and I guarantee he feels the same about me.

I didn't say in a life-or-death scenario we would choose each other over our child, of course we'd both try to save our child. But our marriage is the foundation of my life. He's the only family I actually chose. He's my soulmate. How is that shocking.

I agree and know exactly what you mean. I will (hopefully) spend the rest of my days with him. My (beloved) children will launch their own lives, forge their own paths, and choose their own soulmates. We will always be there for them, but I am going to spend a lot more years (God willing) alone with my husband than I ever spent raising the children. We will have an empty next at 49. Hopefully we have another 40+ years together after that.

I'm with you, OP. I have one going off this year, and another in three years (cross fingers). That's when both my spouse and I will retire. We are going to travel more. No more traveling only during school breaks.

I told my spouse when the last one goes off to college, I no longer want to cook dinner. Chips/salsa, crackers with cheese and fruit.. all fine for me for dinner.

To those who say we should just let our teens fend for themselves for dinner, I do on occasion when spouse and I are out, but I want my kids to have a home cooked meal most dinners, so that's why we cook dinners. We've been teaching them how to cook, so hopefully, they will be able to make a few homecooked dinners when they are on their own.

I am counting down the days.

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Anonymous wrote:We have “make your own dinner” nights now but now it will be like that every night! Doing a happy dance. I may just eat cereal for the entire first semester he is gone. Lol.

we call those scrounge dinners

It's "fend for yourself" in our house.

Anonymous wrote:We have “make your own dinner” nights now but now it will be like that every night! Doing a happy dance. I may just eat cereal for the entire first semester he is gone. Lol.

we call those scrounge dinners

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh I'm absolutely excited!!!! I love my kid but I love my marriage more and pine for alone time with my husband

This is absolutely insane to me. I'm not saying it's wrong or bad but I'm truly shocked by it. I love my husband but I would push him in front of a fast moving train if it meant saving one of my children.

I should have added, and I guarantee he feels the same about me.

I didn't say in a life-or-death scenario we would choose each other over our child, of course we'd both try to save our child. But our marriage is the foundation of my life. He's the only family I actually chose. He's my soulmate. How is that shocking.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh I'm absolutely excited!!!! I love my kid but I love my marriage more and pine for alone time with my husband

This is absolutely insane to me. I'm not saying it's wrong or bad but I'm truly shocked by it. I love my husband but I would push him in front of a fast moving train if it meant saving one of my children.

I should have added, and I guarantee he feels the same about me.