Empty Nest Navigator Gifts

'Now that the kids have grown and gone I've decided to rent out their room.'

"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."

"I'm taking 'moving back in with the parents' studies."

"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 kids called. They'll be home in five. Our week alone flashed by. It was like getting to know you all over again. I'm starving! Anyone call? I need the computer! Where's the remote? What's your name again?

"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!"

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

"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."

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

"We're taking separate vacations this year."

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

"Darling, there's an offer for a time-share nest in Florida: Should we apply?"

"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?'

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

"They grow up so fast."

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

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

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

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

'Huh! Nobody home!'

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

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