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Aug 2019
9:40am, 16 Aug 2019
9,904 posts
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SarahWoo
Me too, Mrs S. Very hard for him.
We have 4 in their early 20s. We were briefly on our own in the house but now have 1 (boy - 24) back and another (girl - 22) home until September. It's difficult getting used to living with them again. I'm finding sharing the kitchen very frustrating. M cooks for himself but despite repeated attempts to re-educate him, he is rubbish at cleaning up afterwards. He lived with his mother from the age of 15 to 23 - perhaps she didn't clean up either! 
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Aug 2019
9:40am, 16 Aug 2019
32,198 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Hi mrs s. Hope L settles back in soon. Societies is a good idea. Our boy really never got into uni and dropped out eventually. So now we have an 8 month old grandson. Swings and roundabouts!! G
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Aug 2019
2:26pm, 30 Aug 2019
8,467 posts
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PaulaMc
Son2 is coming home this weekend to talk through his plans and get some support and guidance from us. I suspect he will be back for good in a couple of weeks.
Son1 sent me a text earlier (not knowing any of this) and asked if he can come home for a while. I’m assuming he’s fallen out with his GF. This means we’ll have our grandson around a lot more, too.
Time for some proper boundary setting, I think, or else this is liable to become rather messy.
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Aug 2019
5:32pm, 30 Aug 2019
17,543 posts
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Carpathius
Oh dear Paula. It's probably good that Son2 is coming back isn't it? But yeah, boundaries. Especially with babysitting.
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Aug 2019
6:33pm, 30 Aug 2019
29,192 posts
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LindsD
That sounds tough, Paula. Do you have room? We could just about manage one of our (two) adult children returning, but not both with a toddler also.
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Aug 2019
6:45pm, 30 Aug 2019
18,282 posts
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ChrisHB
We have contingency plans to erect a 'summer house' at the end of the garden if too many children come home. It's probably wise for one to be living with us permanently as he has a job only a mile or two away and he is very little trouble - in fact, in the past couple of months I've noticed him being helpful twice.
The youngest has asked if she could live with us while she sorts things out before moving abroad.
The other two are married with children and that is when the summer house would become essential.
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Aug 2019
4:20pm, 31 Aug 2019
9,956 posts
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SarahWoo
I've noticed that our youngest (nearly 23) has improved her cleaning and tidying up skills whilst being at university for the last 4 years.
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Sep 2019
8:17am, 2 Sep 2019
8,477 posts
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PaulaMc
Fortunately we do have room but only because we are currently living in a big house. I was hoping to downsize but can’t see that happening any time soon. The biggest issue is Son1 living somewhere where he can have Eli to stay.
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Sep 2019
8:40am, 2 Sep 2019
40,978 posts
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McGoohan
Over the last few days youngest (who is 20) has crashed his mountainbike and is covered in cuts and grazes. It resulted in him having a large gouge in his eyebrow being glued at the hospital. It'll leave him with a small scar probably.
Then his bike was nicked.
Then he was going to a BBQ at a friend's when he split hot black coffee all over his stomach. He has a bad scald and that required another visit to A&E.
In just over ten days time, he is due to do some solo travelling of his own: the former Soviet state of Georgia. He's booked his travel and (some of) his accommodation. To say we're crapping ourselves. I already feel sick with all the worry and adrenaline from the last week.
And then there are the Aged Ps to be dealing with who are more and more ailing every day....
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Sep 2019
8:49am, 2 Sep 2019
40,979 posts
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McGoohan
Meanwhile, eldest is on holiday in Scotland with a couple of friends. They're doing sight seeing and hillwalking (Edinburgh and Skye). I just hope they're driving really carefully, visiting the feather duster and cushion museums and not climbing any terrifying mountains...
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