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Coping with an Empty Nest
When Your Youngest Leaves Home
By Felicia Hodges
Although her sadness made her more than a little lethargic for a while, Gamberg says that once she and her husband began to do more things together – including the second honeymoon they had postponed for years – life in an empty nest became a lot more comfortable.
"It was nice to have her all to myself," says Gamberg's husband, Ben. "There were no soccer games to go to, no wedding dress fittings, no PTO meetings. I felt like we were almost dating again and I looked forward to being with her, especially in the early evening."
Ben Gamberg says they also began to do more seemingly mundane things together, such as cooking and washing their cars. They even took a non-credit beginning mechanics course together at a local college – something they have wanted to do for years.
"We never would have found time to be able to do that before, especially not together," Ben Gamberg says.
While it may be tempting to keep your child's room exactly the way that he left it, Dr. Fleischer says it might not be the best thing to do.
