Adjusting To Empty Nest Gifts

'Ask yourself, dear - do we need this big plaice now the children are married and gone?'

"I suppose it's 'Empty Nest Syndrome', doctor. . . ever since Amber left for college I've felt so empty!"

"I'm all for pushing them out of the nest, but maybe next time we could wait till they hatch."

'Think about it guys: We're fed and sheltered, why would we ever think about leaving the nest?'

"Your mother and I think it's time you got a place of your own. We'd like a little time alone before we die."

"The house doesn't seem big because the kids are gone - it seems big because we've shrunk so much."

"No, I want to know the meaning of never calling your mother."

"We've waited twenty-five years to make this trip, and we're certainly not interested in getting there in any six and a half hours."

"We used to entertain a great deal."

'Honey...you're spoiling that child.'

I think it's time he left home.'

"The nest may be empty, but our drinks are full."

"I'm so sorry that I screamed...I had a terrible dream: the kids had to leave college and live with us again...Oh, Ed, it was horrible!"

Empty Nester Apple Picking - "Not THAT one, you idiot!"

"Well that's the last of our offspring gone - let battle commence."

I'm here to update your census form. Since you mailed the form in, have any of your children moved back in with you?

"No need to push, Mother—I'm going."

"Remember, son, no matter what happens to you, we intend to always keep your room at home exactly as it is right now...empty."

"I didn't think you'd still be here at thirty."

'You let me out. What I do when I'm out is my business.'

"He insists he can't leave until he has a full-time job."

'Now that you have a job, Tom, Dad and I are turning your room into a condo!'

"They grow up so fast."

'Do you think Mum and Dad are trying to keep an eye on us, by enroling on the same university course as us, Colin?'

"The joy of the house to myself"

"Since he retired, he hasn't quite figured out what to do with himself!"

The Old Woman in the shoe questions her decision to spend her empty-nest years in a condo at a ski resort.'

'By the time I was your age , I'd already run away from home TWICE!'

"Kids in college? Well, won't it be nice to have them home?"

Now that our kids are grown and the house is paid off...

"I've been a mess since Jake left for college, so now we have a boy who comes in a couple of times a week to leave wet towels all over and challenge everything I say."

"I'm off girls...gonna make the most of being an empty nester, while it lasts!!"

"I've found a way to keep the kids from moving back home. I've replaced the front door with a childproof cap."

"Is it wrong that I miss the dog more than the kids?"

'Mother Nature gives a sign to all young animals when it's time to leave the nest. Your time is near, son - I've got rheumatism in my shoulder from taking out the purse!'