Children Leaving Home Gifts

"He's at that awkward age - not completely out of the house but no longer a tax deduction."

'I feel so empty since the kids left home.'

Not-quite-empty-enough-nest Syndrome

With the children all off to college, Gwen has been told this was the time to focus on Gus and rekindle their romance.

"The kids are gone. Time to downsize."

"I won't consider the nest empty until they're off our phone plan."

Empty Nest.

"Now that the kids are grown and gone you need to learn to kill stuff."

"We're suffering from empty-nest syndrome."

'It was a sad day for the rattlesnake family when the time came for the children to strike out on their own.'

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

'Now that the kids have grown up and have tadpoles of their own I often find myself wondering what I'm going to do with the rest of my life.'

"The kids have grown up and left home...now it's YOUR turn...

'There they go - off on their own - and a finer bunch of fledgelings one couldn't ask.'

"Maybe he's so sad that he's leaving us to go to college that he actually looks happy. Please don't ruin it for me with reality."

Fish evolving: 'Write, if you establish a niche.'

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

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

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

I think it's time he left home.'

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

'Of course creative writing is important. You want to write home for money when you go away to college,don't you?'

'The children are leaving the nest, honey! They're not diving in the Olympics...That was at leas a 6.5 by the way.'

"I never got the chance to be homesick. You tweeted about me 20 times a day."

"You've been working out of your parent's basement since 1993?"

Adult Book Store. Leaving home. Finding a Job. Getting Married. Buying a House. Raising Kids. Living with Stress.

"We're leaving you two!"

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

"Sure, explore as far and as wide as you want, I'm not worried, your instinct will guide you home when you're ready..."

'Don't worry mother, he'll be alright in London with that introduction letter to a traffic warden.'

'They're 'individual' cheese slices, Herb, We knew one day they would go out on their own,'

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

'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!'

"Don't worry, Mom and Dad. I promise to only make mistakes you never made."

"Let's make out!" The unbearable lightness of being 3000 miles away from his mother.