I hate, hate, hate goodbyes....just saw my daughter off on her way back to school.

[PassingFair]

I hate saying goodbye. I hate that last kiss, that last hug.

She has to drive back by herself. 8 hours.

She didn't want to go. She has anxiety issues.

I let her over-stay her spring break by a day and a half.

I MUCH prefer "hello".

[seabeyond]

1. .

i hear ya.

much easier when they are excited and happy to go, though we would think that would be harder, i disagree

[PassingFair]

4. I don't want to pass MY anxiety for HER onto her.

She makes it tough enough on herself.

But I don't want her to think I don't care or understand, either.

I wasn't raised in a "bootstraps" environment, and I don't push
my daughters around, so ...she had to get it together in her own
time.

Ah well...she'll be home for the summer in less than three months, and
then I'll be bitching at her to GET OFF THE COUCH!

[seabeyond]

6. lol lol, so true....

your last sentence. but not really. i was thinking about me parenting and though in ways i seem the hard ass, really.... not. lol. a lot like you. but the kids always come thru, so that is cool.

my niece had a tough time with her first year of college. the last month she is getting more comfortable, making friends, getting more self assured. was talking to her father about it last night. it is comforting for us, to see this. when they are stressed, we suggest, guide, direct gently for them to continue on, all the while empathizing with their pain.

my son is a jr, so i have one more year before i am doing this. he will be easier. very independent. but then on the other hand, uses me often for his grounding. we will see.

[LaurenG]

2. So sorry . Yeeech me too, I hate them

[PassingFair]

3. Who knew that parenting "young adults" would be so challenging?

You want to tuck them in safely and push them out at the same time!

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. It sucks...

As much as I complain about her, April 21st is coming up too fast, and the older I get, the more I hate her being in Ohio while we're in TX.



Call if you need to feel bad with someone. I'm off today.

[PassingFair]

7. Ack!

She just texted that she's been pulled over by a trooper.

She just crossed the bridge an hour ago.

Bummer.

[trof]

8. I hear ya'.

And now she's grown and a mom and lives 1500 miles away from us.

[HopeHoops]

9. We've found Skype to ease a lot of that anxiety. My eldest is in Budapest for the semester.

Calling would be ridiculously expensive. At least for now, Skype's free.

[PassingFair]

10. This same daughter went to India for a year...11th grade student exchange.

She had her sixteenth birthday in Pune...

The separation I can handle...its the actual "goodbye" that hurts.

When she was in India, I bought long distance calling cards...they
were pretty cheap, and I could talk to her without being tied down
to computers.

She had a fall-out with her room-mate before she left on break, and
the school hasn't assigned her to a new room yet, so she's in
avoidance mode