Empty Nest Transition Gifts

"Lenny's awake. This is so exciting. His first day in the dorm."

I think it's time he left home.'

Empty Nest.

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

"Now that the kids are grown, I think we should invest in something more economical."

"Cheer up. You'll be through postpartum depression and into empty nest elation before you know it!"

"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."

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

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

"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'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!"

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

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

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?

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

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."

"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?'

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

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

"We're taking separate vacations this year."

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

"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.'

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

"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!'