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(81,240 posts)I started "working on it" with both my kids the same night they each were born. "Remember, you're gonna have to give them away someday. They're only gonna be yours for a little while. Be ready for it." And I told myself and told myself and told myself. Reminded and reminded and reminded. Eyes wide open and all that.
Baloney.
The day came when he moved out. I was destroyed. A mess. Cried for weeks. And that was earlier this year. He informed us of his decision to move out the previous Christmas Eve. Our boy's a professional musician, but in that case his sense of timing was for absolute shit! I think it hit especially hard because there were some leftover emotions that hadn't surfaced when his big sister left for college and basically never came back except to visit. This was the last kid. All gone. It's over. I cried for a whole lot of additional weeks, after that.
AND I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME!!!! From the day they both were born. Didn't make it one bit easier once it did.
Enjoy him as much as you can, while you still can.