Empty Nest Enthusiasts Prints

"I see the empty nest as a place where an apartment can finally grow up."

"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."

'It may well be nesting J.T but damn it, you've got a company to turn.'

"We used to entertain a great deal."

"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."

'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."

Bird at desk has eggs in-tray and hatched eggs out-tray.

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

'Something tells me I shouldn't have had these around Easter.'

"They grow up so fast."

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

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

"The joy of the house to myself"

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

"Congratulations, it looks like half a dozen."

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

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

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

'We could easily share this nest: You would use it during the day and I would use it at night...'

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

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