I feel for you @darkfeary this is an early empty nest situation where the kids are starting to want to flap their wings and leave tlhe nest. A parent does a lot for their kids and tlhen what hlappens they want to fly away.

My daughter called me a dinosaur because I wanted to set reasonable boundaries and she wanted to hear nothing of it. Kids think they know it all and as much as we want to keep them from getting hurt, tlhey want to do it their way.

When my daughter moved far away to school I had to reexamine my purpose in life. It is a change but there can be good things again. Now that they are pulling away what kind of things did you dream of doing?

CANDC

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