Anonymous
11/19/2017 20:26
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
We will both be 49 when youngest starts college. We’ll have a few years of tuition there but then would love to take what we have been spending on schooling and travel more. God willing health will be on our side and we’ll have time on that end to spend on us.
Anonymous
11/19/2017 19:54
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:this sound so depressing. I am not sure do you plan to kick them out when they graduate high school?
No, but I would think most people on DCUM have children who go away to college, which is what Empty Nesters are: parents who no longer engage in day-to-day parenting, year round. Sure, your kids come home, maybe even live at home in the summers or after college. But having lived AT college for a while, the are older, changed, and you are not playing the same role.
It won't be empty nest but I'm even looking forward to when the first two are done with HS and we only have a 16 year old left. It's looking like our youngest is going to be a pretty confident, independent kid.
Of course, life happens when you're making other plans...
Anonymous
11/19/2017 19:51
Subject: Re:How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Probably not going to happen for us, actually. DC has mental illness, so we are looking at a lifetime of care.
Just to give you all another perspective.
Hugs.
+1
Anonymous
11/19/2017 19:48
Subject: Re:How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
48/53 , 6 more years before they youngest leaves the house.
Anonymous
11/19/2017 19:41
Subject: Re:How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
Anonymous wrote:Probably not going to happen for us, actually. DC has mental illness, so we are looking at a lifetime of care.
Just to give you all another perspective.
Hugs.
Anonymous
11/19/2017 19:38
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
60 and we have only one.
Anonymous
11/19/2017 19:35
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
57 and 58
Anonymous
11/19/2017 19:26
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
Anonymous wrote:this sound so depressing. I am not sure do you plan to kick them out when they graduate high school?
No, but I would think most people on DCUM have children who go away to college, which is what Empty Nesters are: parents who no longer engage in day-to-day parenting, year round. Sure, your kids come home, maybe even live at home in the summers or after college. But having lived AT college for a while, the are older, changed, and you are not playing the same role.
Anonymous
11/19/2017 19:22
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
56 and 58. We will continue to work and travel a lot more hopefully.
Anonymous
11/19/2017 19:19
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
53 and 54 when the youngest of 4 leaves. I'll prob get a hobby job and DH will be in peak earning years and lives what he does.
Anonymous
11/19/2017 19:14
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
this sound so depressing. I am not sure do you plan to kick them out when they graduate high school?
Anonymous
11/19/2017 18:41
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
I was 43 and my H was 48 when our youngest launched. I am pretty sure my sister and her H will be in their 80s IF their kids all ever leave the homestead.
Anonymous
11/19/2017 18:35
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
Sorry typos above!
Anonymous
11/19/2017 18:34
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
54 and 56 he will likely be in some boards and work fur awhike linger but scale back we plan to travel a lot - I will travel with him on his business travel.
Anonymous
11/19/2017 18:24
Subject: How old will you and spouse be when empty nesters?
We'll be about 58/59. Our plan is to continue working because we will need the money.