A good friend's daughter went off to college this week and although her son left just last year, this was different. My friends tell me that guys are less communicative when they're at home and even worse when they leave. So to have one's daughter leave home is difficult, because you loose your girl to hang with, do the domestic stuff, the girly stuff with and the late night chats when they finally get home. Well, you can still have the late night chats, if you can stay up really really late!
But as hard as it is on the moms, it is, in some ways, harder for the kids. My friend said her daughter was planning on coming back for high school Homecoming, to visit friends (and family!) a couple of times in the near future. I didn't have the heart to tell her. The visits taper off quickly and then disappear completely. Their friends make other plans, more exciting things to do than go home. The kids start to change once they're on their own and many friendships can't withstand the transformations. The ones who shared so many interests just a year ago find they have little more in common than their hometown.
Then one day they are married and living in another city. When planning to come stay at your house for the weekend, they mention to their spouse that it is fun to go home. At which point the spouse replies, "We are home!"
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