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    She'll be back. You'll be excited to see her...at first. Soon you will be wondering when she is ever going to leave...and how on earth you lived with her before!
    Good luck to her, and you!
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    Just delivered my oldest daughter to Dunedin this afternoon for her second year. It's still a poignant experience. She's flatting this year in Forth St with close friends and I'm just hoping it all works out. 6 girls flatting together is a mercurial mix and will be character building.

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    Hey thanks everyone for sharing.

    No pics, I'm well aware of young male testosterone. No Biker boyfriends - they're a weird bunc,h I know from first hand experience.

    We're catching the 2am sailing soon so no riding for me this weekend. Already come across two people through work that are doing the same 'first year' trip to drop a kid at Otago. Must be bonanza time for Air New Zealand and co.
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    Mmmmm. Freshers.



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    Losing the first one is hard - by the last you'll be pushing them out the door saying to each other, "thank christ we've got shot of them"

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    Quote Originally Posted by MD View Post
    Hey thanks everyone for sharing.
    Always glad to help ...

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    No pics, I'm well aware of young male testosterone. No Biker boyfriends - they're a weird bunc,h I know from first hand experience.
    I resemble that ...

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    We're catching the 2am sailing soon so no riding for me this weekend. Already come across two people through work that are doing the same 'first year' trip to drop a kid at Otago. Must be bonanza time for Air New Zealand and co.
    One of the few times of year that most (if not ALL) of the motels in Dunedin are booked out for an entire week.
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    My girlfriends brother still lives with his parents and doesn't seem to have any intention of moving out..........he's 38! I think you got off lightly.

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    You'll only really appreciate this event when the LAST one finally buggers off and leaves you in peace...


    Seriously, it happens to all of us with kids. Usually comes out just fine. And then eventually there are grandkids. You an indulge the shit out of them and spoil them rotten without having to pick up the pieces afterwards..."Oh well, better be getting off home now..." as the kids go postal and destroy the room. As you go you can remind your progeny that the kids are "just like you were dear...sniggersniggersnigger"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dangsta View Post
    My girlfriends brother still lives with his parents and doesn't seem to have any intention of moving out..........he's 38! I think you got off lightly.
    I know of a 45 year-old that still lives with his parents
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    Just wait until she moves back in with her kids because Mr Dreamboat has buggered off with a Vegas Showgirl.... You will look back on this and wonder - "what was I thinking?"

    God bless her though - Shes come from good stock so I'm sure she will do well...

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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post

    She will need money soon ... so you will hear from her. (sooner than you may appreciate)
    I am with FJRider on this one. Mine have finally left home (they are both in their early 20's now) and it was hard at first but I need not worry - still hear from them often, especially when they are short of money. She will always be your baby.

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    My eldest lived at home for two years of Uni. She's great company (smart conversation etc) so all good for me.

    Then she got a job in an exchange scheme Disney run, and "suddenly" she's in America this year!

    At least I got to turn her bedroom into my new office.

    Skype makes a difference. We can video-chat any time we want. (Geez, people used to writer letters then wait a week for them to get somewhere. That really has changed a lot.)
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    Wow, my eldest just started high school and all that talk about boys is driving me nuts! I think it's about time for me to apply for that gun license...
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    Quote Originally Posted by MD View Post
    Not sure what my purpose of posting this is?

    After 18 years raising her my eldest girl is off to Otago Uni. It's a fantastic adventure for her, we know that. Great career move and all that. None of that helps her Mum and I cope with this heartache. This is a real downer. First child to leave home is one of life's milestones that smack you about when you least expect it.

    Must be revenge for me buggering off overseas and leaving my parents wondering when I was coming home for tea? Dad asking Mum 'so when's he popping in to help mow the lawns'.

    Where the hell did those 18 wonderful years go? I want them back.

    Has this happened to anyone else in the world before or just us? I think it's a first. Apart from me doing it to my folks, oh and my brother. Oh yeah, and my sister.
    Be pleased that she has some goals and is working towards them..........it could be sooooo different if she had made other choices

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    Quote Originally Posted by Winston001 View Post
    Just delivered my oldest daughter to Dunedin this afternoon for her second year. It's still a poignant experience. She's flatting this year in Forth St with close friends and I'm just hoping it all works out. 6 girls flatting together is a mercurial mix and will be character building.
    How many bathrooms is probably the key question there as to domestic harmony.
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