Left for University today
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Ha three times here, know how you feel.
Tomorrow’s job is to blitz his old bedroom, chuck away all the tat, posters, old socks etc and repurpose it as a guest room. That’s what I did with all of mine, very cathartic. Stops the little buggers coming home and slipping back into childhood. They are still welcome to come and stay but the game has moved on.
Tomorrow’s job is to blitz his old bedroom, chuck away all the tat, posters, old socks etc and repurpose it as a guest room. That’s what I did with all of mine, very cathartic. Stops the little buggers coming home and slipping back into childhood. They are still welcome to come and stay but the game has moved on.
bigmowley said:
Ha three times here, know how you feel.
Tomorrow’s job is to blitz his old bedroom, chuck away all the tat, posters, old socks etc and repurpose it as a guest room. That’s what I did with all of mine, very cathartic. Stops the little buggers coming home and slipping back into childhood. They are still welcome to come and stay but the game has moved on.
That is exactly how to do it. Tomorrow’s job is to blitz his old bedroom, chuck away all the tat, posters, old socks etc and repurpose it as a guest room. That’s what I did with all of mine, very cathartic. Stops the little buggers coming home and slipping back into childhood. They are still welcome to come and stay but the game has moved on.
But you’ve got to be quick and decisive. Otherwise the womenfolk start treating their rooms like some sort of holy shrine to lost prophets, waiting at the window for the prodigal son to return.
I was a bit teary and choked when my daughter went off a few years ago, however she was back every weekend (reasonably local), TBH it would have been nice if she'd stayed up there!
The second term she was on placement so was back home and then Covid hit and I think she then only went back for exams!
The second term she was on placement so was back home and then Covid hit and I think she then only went back for exams!
good times. Tango13 said:
Condi said:
If its any consolation by now he'll be pissed, by 10pm off his tits on something chemical, and with any luck by 2am balls deep in a lovely 18 year old. He won't be worried about you. 
And by Friday afternoon he'll be down the clinic with a nasty rash... 
The spinner of plates said:
bigmowley said:
Ha three times here, know how you feel.
Tomorrow’s job is to blitz his old bedroom, chuck away all the tat, posters, old socks etc and repurpose it as a guest room. That’s what I did with all of mine, very cathartic. Stops the little buggers coming home and slipping back into childhood. They are still welcome to come and stay but the game has moved on.
That is exactly how to do it. Tomorrow’s job is to blitz his old bedroom, chuck away all the tat, posters, old socks etc and repurpose it as a guest room. That’s what I did with all of mine, very cathartic. Stops the little buggers coming home and slipping back into childhood. They are still welcome to come and stay but the game has moved on.
But you’ve got to be quick and decisive. Otherwise the womenfolk start treating their rooms like some sort of holy shrine to lost prophets, waiting at the window for the prodigal son to return.
My daughter is overseas so its not always easy to visit, it's weird at first but you do get used to it, easter and xmas are extra special now, she's currently working in a school for troubled kids as a part of her degree, doors locked in corridors and walkie talkie radios, sometimes id rather not know what she's up to.
stuartmmcfc said:
He might be an annoying little s
t at times but my oldest son left for University today and I’m sat here blubbing like a baby I’m missing him so much!!
Anyone else?
My three lads went to University over fifteen years ago.t at times but my oldest son left for University today and I’m sat here blubbing like a baby I’m missing him so much!!Anyone else?
Take a nose peg and sick bucket if you go to visit his accommodation
Speak to your kid before changing what was/is "their" room - remember that the Uni holidays where they will likely still return for a longer period of time, and it'll be after Uni finishes that they'll vacate properly.
My parents did the whole "clear out" and didn't tell me - they even removed my bed completely so there was no chance of staying. Whilst completely understandable (old bed, I'd moved to Australia etc), it gave pangs of sadness when I found out 6months later by accident, especially since my elder sister's room had been preserved for years after she moved out. It'd be worse if I was in the UK and simply gone to Uni...
My parents did the whole "clear out" and didn't tell me - they even removed my bed completely so there was no chance of staying. Whilst completely understandable (old bed, I'd moved to Australia etc), it gave pangs of sadness when I found out 6months later by accident, especially since my elder sister's room had been preserved for years after she moved out. It'd be worse if I was in the UK and simply gone to Uni...
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