Anonymous
Post 06/15/2024 15:20     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:I imagine it gets super fun when they’re both drinking age and you can take them out for apps and drinks when they’re home and connect with them as adults!


Odd that you can’t wait to enjoy alcohol with your children…

Are you also the poster who associates empty nest with more sex?

Sounds like you never outgrew your fraternity.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2024 13:40     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:It is what you make of it. Some couples come closer while others drift apart.


And some of us aren’t coupled, so when your kids are gone you face meals alone, vacations alone. It is harder I imagine…
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2024 13:38     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:For us highschool was a dry run for life after kids. They were so busy with school, sports and jobs that we really only saw them for a hour or two a day. Once they left for college it wasn’t that big of a deal. When they come back after college (I’m guessing that hasn’t happened yet) that will be a big adjustment


Touching base with them everyday is the dream.

Once they are up and out, they are so busy that you don’t hear from them often. Know what they are up to, etc. Very hard if you were a close family.

I am hoping that with time, they circle round (??).
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2024 13:35     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:DW and I are blessed that all of our three kids decided to attend college locally. Our 22 years old DS just recently graduated from GMU, CS major, and has a good paying job but he will live at home for the next three years to save 100% of his earnings before moving out. Our 21 years old daughter will probably go to medical school after graduating from GMU (took her MCAT and scored 523) so we still have her for the next 14 months. Our 18 years old DS just finished his freshman year at GMU so he will be with us for another three years before heading off to dental school. I can't imagine not having them around but that day will come. In the meantime, DW and I just got two new puppies to keep ourselves busy. YMMV.


I am finding the phase after yours to be hardest.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2024 13:33     Subject: Re:it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:I dread it. My husband and I have nothing to talk about outside of our kids. Most of our friends have retired yo warmer states, DH has no interests.., thank goodness I have friends.


But are your friends around? Many of mine are not nearby or available.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2024 13:31     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:I imagine it gets super fun when they’re both drinking age and you can take them out for apps and drinks when they’re home and connect with them as adults!


But spending time with you will go further and further down their list of priorities.

It is hard, I’m not gonna lie.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2024 11:10     Subject: it will just my husband and I
What did you enjoy doing together before kids? Travel? Hiking? Dancing? I will miss my kids but also can't wait for DH and I to do more of the things we miss that we don't have time for any more.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2024 10:58     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:I would change food patterns and start deep cleaning.


It’s so depressing that this is the best you could come up with to fill your newfound free time.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2024 09:54     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Three years in, and I love having a tidy house, time to go deep with hobbies, availability to travel. And when the kids visit, we have a great time together.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2024 09:48     Subject: Re:it will just my husband and I
I dread it. My husband and I have nothing to talk about outside of our kids. Most of our friends have retired yo warmer states, DH has no interests.., thank goodness I have friends.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 18:57     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:Lots and lots of sex

I'm guessing these sex posts are written by men?
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 18:51     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:DW and I are blessed that all of our three kids decided to attend college locally. Our 22 years old DS just recently graduated from GMU, CS major, and has a good paying job but he will live at home for the next three years to save 100% of his earnings before moving out. Our 21 years old daughter will probably go to medical school after graduating from GMU (took her MCAT and scored 523) so we still have her for the next 14 months. Our 18 years old DS just finished his freshman year at GMU so he will be with us for another three years before heading off to dental school. I can't imagine not having them around but that day will come. In the meantime, DW and I just got two new puppies to keep ourselves busy. YMMV.

I take it that your family likes GMU (George Mason?)
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2024 15:21     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well my DS will be graduating from high school tomorrow at night 7PM. In the fall he will be attending JMU. My other DS will be a junior in Virginia Tech. We are pretty much going to be by ourselves from AUG-December. (they will come home for Thanksgiving Break.) How is life when kids are not home? Last time this happen we were living in a small one bed apartment in 2003.


They did attend camps, but the longest camp was a week or two..


It's my husband and me, not my husband and I. Learn some grammar.


Actually, OP is correct.

Pronouns following “to be”

You should also use the subjective case of pronouns after forms of the verb to be.

It is I who chose the location.
The man who called the police was he.
The real criminals are we ourselves.
The winners were they and the Rudermans.
The man who phoned was who?

The word after a form of to be is called a complement. It is also sometimes called a predicate nominative or predicate adjective.

When a pronoun is the subject of a sentence, it is in the nominative case (also called the subjective case). Nominative case pronouns in English are: I, you, he, she, it, they, and we. "It is I, it is you, it is he/she/it,", etc.

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/english/pronoun/subjective-case-of-pronouns
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2024 13:16     Subject: it will just my husband and I
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well my DS will be graduating from high school tomorrow at night 7PM. In the fall he will be attending JMU. My other DS will be a junior in Virginia Tech. We are pretty much going to be by ourselves from AUG-December. (they will come home for Thanksgiving Break.) How is life when kids are not home? Last time this happen we were living in a small one bed apartment in 2003.


They did attend camps, but the longest camp was a week or two..


It's my husband and me, not my husband and I. Learn some grammar.


Learn that other adults will ask you if they want your editting services.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2024 22:15     Subject: it will just my husband and I
I imagine it gets super fun when they’re both drinking age and you can take them out for apps and drinks when they’re home and connect with them as adults!