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29801Using tough love is SO difficult! Congratulations on your anniversary, but to your newfound freedom, too!!
Hugs, Angel
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211078That's so nice to hear that you and DH Celebrated 31 years. Congratulations. Sounds like you have fun. Hugs Yvonne
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59617I don't have any children but I can understand your predicament. Have you changed the locks just in case they departed with a key....lol. Anyway, it certainly sounds as though you are beginning to enjoy your new found freedom.
P.S. Do you think that this approach might work on my wife........lol.
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68311562610909Such a great feeling Deanna - have a wonderful anniversary celebration together and enjoy each other to the fullest ... Hugs Glenda x0x0x0x
by camylow
05 Jun 2013
Thank you Glenda...its good to be me again and be able to show the ole man more attention....
27071I love it, been there done that. You deserve to celebrate. Love them as much as we do there comes a time when they must try their wings and fly. Empty nest is pretty good, I say.
by camylow
05 Jun 2013
I have to agree with you...with my new hours, I have so much more days to enjoy
10494My precious Deanna, You have earned and certainly deserve peace, contentment and happiness in your life. I'm proud of you ! congratulations on your 31 yrs of marriage to both you and your husband. May God continue to Bless you with many many more. He has given you such a large, loving and generous heart that much of the world doesn't know about. I love you/Lillian
by camylow
05 Jun 2013
Thank you my loving FRIEND....A long time indeed but short in reality...Yes I hope GOD blesses us in all things..HE really .IS letting us know HE is with us...
145789Sounds like the two of you have got a new lease on life ENJOY your self you deserve it!
45917Congratulations on your new life. I've been there to and it sure is nice when you can get rid of them and they just come for a visit and then take the kids and go home. Our Golden years weren't meant to raise Grandkids. Juanita
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27028As much as we all love our children - enough is enough. Good for you. Hugs Sarah.
253107Deanna I am so happy for you. I am sure it wasn't easy but absolutely the best for you and your children too. Congratulation also on your wedding anniversary. After the kids left my husband and I had the best time ever. Enjoy.
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46919Sounds of happiness.....You kids have fun and congratulations on 31 years. You know the first 31 years are the hardest, don't you? :0
158553Wow you sound like you are on top of the world, and I am happy for you. So tell us what are you up to in the sewing field...anything on the agenda? Congratulations for 31 years together, I guess it will be like starting all over again just the two of you..hope it stays that way. have a lovely day....hugs Kerry
25546Good for you! It is so nice to read good news for a change. Very happy for you. I know what it's like. I have a 37 year old daughter that still lives at home. She never left. Sometimes it's a blessing other times, well you know all too well. Enjoy Sweetie. Hugs, Susan
25510Congrats!! Enjoy! Suzanne
by camylow
04 Jun 2013
Thanks..it went fast...but its going top be only once in a lifetime for me so I cant wait for 35---40---45---50 and so on...
111092Congratulations Deanna, so glad to see your health is improving. Stress and anxiety can do dreadful things to your system. Does that mean you have no more Foster children too?
I remember asking our children to be ready to move out before they were 25 and they all did. A couple came back for convenience sake before they decided to get married and live together, but we have had our home to ourselves now for some time.
Congratulations on your wedding anniversary tomorrow. I hope your dear husband takes you out somewhere nice for dinner.
Love and blessings Chris.
by camylow
04 Jun 2013
No after the last one tore up my house and caused so much damage and problems, we quit for now.....Thanks for the congrats...
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57618congratulations to u!!!! i keep moving them out n then back in. it is like there is a revolving door at our house!!! but as long as they try to work and or go to school and don't do drugs i might be a pushover. :),lynne
by camylow
04 Jun 2013
NPE I AM FINISHED LETTING THEM BACK...I WOULD RATHER HELP PAY THEIR RENT SOMEWHERE ELSE...HEHEHEHE
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360423I remember when I had to do this. Ashamed to admit I had grown kids who were so irresponsible and certainly weren't raised that way. I was a single mom and my grown son would come home, after I went to work, and eat the food, watch tv, use the shower and leave a mess, dirty dishes etc. I had wood heat and he wouldn't even bring wood in. People would tell me to change the locks etc and I did but he found a way in. I did not hate my son I just wanted him to pull his weight. Then my boss offered me a job in another state. I sold everything I had and put my son's things in a shed, he thought he was going to live in the house. Good grief. I took the key, to the shed, to one of his friends house and I moved. Took him a couple of years but he finally grew up. He got a job, learned a few things, pulls his own weight, and is a wonderful father. I am so glad I did what I did. There is no reason for a parent to be supporting grown children and putting up with all the crap unless there are extreme circumstances. We are all meant to grow up and take care of ourselves and if we are lucky, somebody loves us. Enjoy your life and who you are sharing it with!
5187Good for you, Good for you! I had paint pot waiting at the door to my son's room when he left (15 years ago). He was out by Sat. supper time and by Sun. 10:00 p.m. I had me a big dark green den with furniture in place. So, on Monday when I came home from work, I sank into the big sofa, clicked on the tv and absorbed the idea of my nest being 1/2 emptied. Enjoy!
by camylow
04 Jun 2013
Pretty much what i did with the paint and all...i have a beautiful antique guest room
66515Fantastic and congratulations on the house and kid thing. Enjoy your new found freedom!
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