The Empty Nest - does it exist?
I keep hearing about this phenomenon, but find it hard to grasp.
Do other people's kids leave home?
Mine have been hanging around for 20 years and more and I'm still waiting for them to break the *choke* dreadful news that they are going to move out.
Don't get me wrong, I adore my kids. It's just that they're messy little bastards and it doesn't get better with age.
For those following along, you know that we are trying to sell our house. It is on the market now. The photographer came last Monday so we have great photos for the advertising campaign.
I have paid my $40.00 to our local council to get the "149 Planning Certificate", which sounds terribly official, but all it does is give us permission to sell our house. Great little income rort there Rockdale Council!
The Solicitor is revved up and ready to go.
The Hawaiian and I have the house looking like a dream home.......
Then the kids come home.
Why is it that children/teenagers/young adults always explode all over the house when they get home? Is this only a problem at my place, or is it some sort of epidemic that I can blame some other bastard for? Who did this to my kids? It certainly isn't MY fault, my kids have been brung up proper like! *smirk*
Ok, so Im a slob too, their father was a slob, and The Hawaiian is one too. It's a little unfair of me to demand perfection from the kids when I can't lead by example.
There are so many more important things to do than housework. Like playing on the internet, blogging, chatting, having a mani and a pedi, shoe and bag shopping.... the list goes on and on.
So if you want to buy my house, don't try and come over to look at it without at least a half day's notice, preferrably a full day. Best option for us is for you to just buy it from the photos.
Then we can get outta here and leave the damned kids in the empty nest! *evil grin*
June 4th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
The kids are not moving too?
June 4th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
No, the kids have decided to stay here. They all have their own lives here, so will come and visit for long holidays and such.
June 5th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
That reminds me of the old one-liner - "Did ya ever come home from school and find that your parents had moved?" ... "and didn't leave a forwarding address?"
Hint.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:46 am
The way this parenting gig is going at the moment with my 14 and 16 y/olds, an empty nest sounds damn fine!
June 6th, 2008 at 6:51 am
LOL, This gave me a good laugh. Dave and i are currently discussing upending the cherubs and moving closer to the hospital but the thought of having to keep the house clean while it's on the market is daunting, to say the least. I think we may have to move out and rent while we sell the house, otherwise, nobody will be able to see the hardwood floors for the children's rubble!
June 8th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
My kids are like that too. And they can sniff out chocolate from the front door.
Looking forward to the day where I don't have eleventy billion loads of washing and can leave my chocolate unhidden.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
When I move I think I will take the advice of the "selling home" TV shows and put stuff (lots of stuff) into storage - I wonder if they take kids too?
June 13th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Iceel: heheh... My parents always threatened it, but never followed through, I always said I was never going to be like my parents!
Suze: Yeah, teenagers suck, they really do.
Tiff: Do it! Potential buyers can see through the kid stuff.
Kelley: My kids are hopeless, even at finding chocolate. They are truly useless. If I hide the choc chip cookies behind the cereal they hate, they will never ever find them.
Sueblimey: We did that. We had the storage place deliver a container into our driveway, we filled it and two weeks later they whisked it away. It was heaven!
June 14th, 2008 at 1:10 am
A parent of a friend of mine sold her house with him in it.
She did tell him she was selling and moving and it was 'time' for him to move out.......he got it when the moving trucks rolled in.
and yeah...kids are biohazards...
July 1st, 2008 at 1:32 am
Crunchy Carpets: *snort* I wish I'd thought of this years ago!
July 18th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
LOL ... my kids are 4, 20 months and 4 months and we already have a rule: you turn 18, I turn you out!! Also, I am horrified to learn that the mess doesn't get any better (then again, I should know that having been a terribly messy teen!!