A happy/sad moment when the kids go off to school. Dropped oldest daughter off this weekend. Two more to go. Can't imagine being an "empty nester". Congrats on making it that far.

On another note from your original post. Since I don't have any kids that play high school football. Is it common for parents to watch practices? Is it a school to school thing? From dealing with mainly basketball and baseball, I can't imagine watching practice or the coach wanting that.

I would watch from afar as several do. I would sit in the car in the lot which is adjacent to the practice field.

I wouldn't get involved in any way shape or form in practice. I wasn't one that would go up and talk to the coaches after practice etc.

I wasn't a nosey parent ( I don't think anyway) but simply was there because I love the game and most of all just enjoyed watching my boy play.

 

My dad never once saw me play any sport and I never wanted to do that to my kids so it started when he was in 1st grade and wanted to play football, I went to every practice from 1st grade on and just watched. I gained a lot of life long friends through that as we became life long friends with other parents and kids like Lex Sowards parents, Dustin Baker's parents, Luke and Blake Bir's parents, Mateolie's, the list goes on and on.

 

I'm sure the coaches in high school weren't fond of it, and as I talked to Borchers over the years he told me at first he didn't like when parents would watch practice but he's softened over the years lol and as long as they don't interupt or become a problem he has no issue with it.

 

 

That will take the longest to get used to, not being able to watch my son practice after 12 years of doing that everyday.

 

It wasn't just something I did because I felt I had to, it was something I did because I loved it. My son probably didn't want to look up and see my car in the lot lol, but he didn't let it bother him. If he or the coach would of told me they didn't want me watching practice I would not watch. Never did anything if someone didn't like it.

Similar circumstance, we take our youngest the day after tomorrow. However, it will not be totally new to us as we had 2.5 years before our oldest was born and the past summers our two youngest worked summer camps where they were only home 1pm Saturday to 10am Sunday. I'm well prepared for what's coming although my wife is not.

It's kind of funny because your post hit home.

 

My wife is the one I was more worried about after we dropped him off, how she would react when we left.

She ended up being just fine, but a friend of ours....I won't give a name because he is a member on here but he knows I'm talking about his wife lol....they also dropped their boy off at College this weekend, he is playing DI ball in a different sport, he said he probably needs to get some wine for the Mrs because she cried on the drive all the way home (it's their youngest also and now they are empty nesters too) and when they got home she fell asleep on their boys bed.

A happy/sad moment when the kids go off to school. Dropped oldest daughter off this weekend. Two more to go. Can't imagine being an "empty nester". Congrats on making it that far.

On another note from your original post. Since I don't have any kids that play high school football. Is it common for parents to watch practices? Is it a school to school thing? From dealing with mainly basketball and baseball, I can't imagine watching practice or the coach wanting that.

 

When my oldest started college, I was DEVASTATED! It was the beginning of an end of a parenting era. Then the second went..a little sad. Then the third went and YAHOO!

 

It is life changing and very sad at first, but believe me, it gets better!

Mrs C and I absolutely love it being just the two of us. We enjoy each other's company and are at our very best when it is just us.

 

Rule of thumb. If she comes up with a project for me. I get to buy a new tool of some kind.

When it happened to us I said to my wife, It's a good thing I like you, ya know. It get's better, but it's way to quiet at 1st.

A friend once told me that the teenage years were God's way of easing separation. If one felt about their kids the same way one does when they are infants to 12 or so, it would be heartbreaking for them to leave. By the time they are done with the teen years, many find it a pleasure to help them pack.

Loving it so far and looking forward to it! Mrs. TAC dropped the youngest off at college while I was away for business. She stopped in Nashville for a girls weekend on the way home. I had the weekend to hang with my buddies. Beer, Reds game and boating over the weekend. Mrs. TAC and I spent some quality time on the deck together last evening when we both got home.

She is having a hard time with it and is concerned about being home alone when I travel. We starting having "date day" when the boys worked on the weekends. Sort of reacquainted ourselves with each other.

It's kind of funny because your post hit home.

 

My wife is the one I was more worried about after we dropped him off, how she would react when we left.

She ended up being just fine, but a friend of ours....I won't give a name because he is a member on here but he knows I'm talking about his wife lol....they also dropped their boy off at College this weekend, he is playing DI ball in a different sport, he said he probably needs to get some wine for the Mrs because she cried on the drive all the way home (it's their youngest also and now they are empty nesters too) and when they got home she fell asleep on their boys bed.

 

When I dropped my son off at UE, I cried the entire 2 hours it took to drive back home. And I didn't want to really go home because I wasn't sure what in the world I was going to do when I got there. Thankfully my LuckyDog was there and eventually we adjusted. But I still have days that I wish my kids were still living with me. I've never yet found my "purpose" after the parenting phase of my life ended.

Tell your wife you miss having kids in the house so you two should make another. Then photograph her facial expression. That should provide some good laughs.

Tell your wife you miss having kids in the house so you two should make another. Then photograph her facial expression. That should provide some good laughs.

 

Mrs. TAC would say yes! Or let's adopt, let's be foster parents.

I knew someone who said they wanted at least one of each gender and if that meant having a few extra, that was just fine. Well, after having several boys they gave up on that but once the youngest went to college they decided to adopt a girl so they could finally have one.