Kids Leaving Home Mugs

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

'I know that we once made a list of all the things we'd do when the kids left home but I can't remember one of them!'

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

'Going back to work now that the kids are grown is one thing, Martha. Mounting a hostile takeover bid of my company is another!'

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

'What's that? It's a leaving present for the next person who comes in late.'

'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.'

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

I think it's time he left home.'

'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.'

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

'Yes, I'm proud to say all my kids went into boot camp as soon as they left home.'

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

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

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

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

"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!"

"We're leaving you two!"

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

With their only child off to college, the Gilmonts each suffered empty-nest syndrome in their own way.

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

'Go out there and carry an olive branch, son, but don't expect too much.'

"Oh, don't jump. But at least learn to code."

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

'Now you behave yourself and don't throw and infestation while we're gone.'

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

"Hello, mom. You know how you were always telling me I could be anything I wanted to be? Well guess What."

"They say walking can change your life. Bye!"

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

"Uh oh. It's the kids...and they're flying back!"

"Already? What about my early childhood, pre-teen years, teenage years, college years, young adulthoo..."