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Sad evening

cpermdcpermd Member Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭
edited May 2002 in General Discussion
I don't normally post here.
I have responded.
My last child graduated from HS tonight.
Bummer
I wanted her to stay here and be a little girl forever.
cpermd
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If only they could cpermd,If only they could.
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  • beachmaster73beachmaster73 Member Posts: 3,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Chuck, mine had her First Communion last Sunday...only eight years old and I think she's already starting to assert her independence. I can't imagine what it will be like when she graduates or worse the day she gets married. I still have a couple of years but they will fly. Beach
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  • k.stanonikk.stanonik Member Posts: 2,109 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have a idea of how you feel but congrats buddy
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Beach,They will fly like seconds.The next thing you know your little girl,Is a young man's wife.Thank god mine married one I wont have to kill.
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  • 96harley96harley Member Posts: 3,992 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just treat each day with her like she exist in a mist. Treasure it and give her your time. Cherish every goodnight hugg and kiss. Both of mine are still at home. The oldest has wedding plans and the youngest has targeted marriage within the next two years. When they're little they step on our toes but when they get older, they step on our hearts. In both cases they don't intend to but it just happens and it's part of life and letting go. I know how you feel
    friend.
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  • BullzeyeBullzeye Member Posts: 3,560
    edited November -1
    That's odd.....

    I'm 3 weeks away from graduating high school, and my old man couldnt be happier!

    Nah. He'll miss me, but he'll get over it. I'll call him now and then when I get the chance. I've got stuff to do.
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  • S&W ManS&W Man Member Posts: 208 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have one that graduated college last year, one graduating HS this year and one that starts HS next year, where does the time go? These are all girls. You definately don't have enough time before they grow up. While we seem to wish they were out at times, it is still sad when these milestones actually come. What I am really not looking forward to is when my 4 year old boy grows up and moves out, won't have any more shooting buddies then. But they are and have all been fun.

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  • alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
    edited November -1
    My son graduated last year and i cannot tell you what a hollow empty feeling it was. These things have their hurts.

    Never ask why but only the value of.
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I could have sworn it was just a month ago or so that I was using baby powder on little bottoms when I was changing a diaper.Wasn't it just yesterday when I was giving them a piggyback ride, and pushing them in the swing. Then getting a great big hug and kiss, after reading a favorite story, when I was putting them to bed.What do you mean moving out and going to college, but-but you are still my baby.Savor every minute you have with all your loved ones. You do not get a second chance at today.

    If I knew then, what I know now.
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    Guys, guys, think back to the day you graduated from high school and what you were feeling! Yes, it is a sad day for mom and dad, but you must not convey this feeling to your child or let them know in any way what you are feeling.

    For, if you remember, it is like the first day of a new life, full of hopes and dreams of their own. A drivers license, college, a new job, going off on their own (although if they only knew, they will never be alone no matter how far they go), starting a family..........

    As I reach the other end of life,s journey I appreciate more and more how they feel at this age, and it's a little scary isn't it? We all hope that they don't make some of the dumb mistakes that we did, lol.

    Let them know how happy you are for them, and keep your hurt hidden in your hearts,....... as our parents did for us.

    -Charlie

    "It's the stuff dreams are made of Angel"NRA Certified Firearms InstructorMember: GOA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2ndAMPD. njretcop@copmail.com
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    I knew I liked NJRETCOP for some reason - My little girl will be a senior next year - she used to love poopydoops and pigtails.

    IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY RIGHTS - GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY (this includes politicians)
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    cpermd ... Congrats for a job well done! I can understand your delima of the growing child. Its both, a wonderful and heartbreaking feeling, only a parent would know.

    My little Abby (19 months old) suprised me about 2 weeks ago, we were playing or watching TV or something, when she grabbed my finger and led me into the kitchen and stopped at the counter where her snacks are, I got a grahamcracker and handed it to her. She refused it and said Uh-uh while shaking her head no ... this was a first! So I handed her a peanutbutter cracker, again, she refused it and said Uh-uh while shaking her head no ... When I asked her if she wanted a cookie, she just looked up with her big brown eyes, I handed her an Oreo and she said "yah", pulled it apart and went for the cream center and took off ... These are the things I either missed or have forgotten about with my older children (15, 20 &21) and the kind of stuff I put in her baby book ...

    Bullzeye, why am I not suprised???
    (Sorry, had to say it!)

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  • OtomanOtoman Member Posts: 554 ✭
    edited November -1
    cpermd, Congratulations on a job well done, My dad used to tell me that his biggest accomplishment in life was raising two good kids. I felt like it was just because he had lead kind of a sheltered life until I had the same experience with 3 of my own. Now if she goes away to college that is the hard part the first time you see her drive down the road it will bring some big ole tears to your eyes..Best wishes Oto

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  • Bubba JoelBubba Joel Member Posts: 5,161
    edited November -1
    I know how you feel...My daughter graduated and left home 3 years ago..She set her goals and went for it...Got out of aviation school and now is a flight instructor of single and multi engines..She is waiting and hoping to get on with a major airline...

    We go see her as often as we can, and she comes back home, but to busy to do it very often....Your kids leave soon enough, so make good memories with them...Tell them you love em, every day..

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  • sodbustersodbuster Member Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    cpermd,,my daughter graduates this Sunday,,she has been the perfect daughter, never been in any trouble,,she is a born again Christian!! She is planning on getting an apartment here in town and attending our community college ,,,We would be delighted if she would stay at the house here to save her money,but like njretcop said we just have to remember back when we were her age,,18,,freedom,,independence,,,
    Just a little note to those of you with little ones,,give lots of hugs,,enjoy every minute of their early years,,be there when they need you,,they'll be leaving before you know it,,

    "No dear, this isn't a new gun,,I've had this one for quite a long time,,honest,,"
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  • RickstirRickstir Member Posts: 574 ✭
    edited November -1
    I can remember high school graduation, that was tough. But the one that got me the most was the night before she left for college. I thought I was a macho type. I wrote her a note, telling her how proud I was of her, to be careful with the choices she would be making, and that she could always count on me to be there when she needed me. I put down the pen, took a walk out front and balled like a baby!

    I really felt old, when she could register to vote! I kept thinking, "My God, I have produced a citizen!"



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  • Brth729Brth729 Member Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My ex-wife left when our son was only seven months old. I spent almost a full two years after doing everything for us by myself. Granted I had a sitter for when I had to work, but on my time off it was all me. The diapers, feedings, bumps and bruises. I was dad and mom both. As a result, I have developed a very different set of emotions for what ever situations may arise. Over the years my son and I have grown very close to and dependent on each other. We have a relationship and understanding that alot of parents and their kids don't. I'm not saying I'm the greatest dad in the world, but when we go places it's always "This is my dad...and my bestest friend."

    ***It is not so much what a man possesses, but what possesses the man which determines his quality of life.***
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Brth729, consider your hand shaken with respect!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    cpermd, my daughter graduates in three weeks . . . very bittersweet mix of emotions as the date approaches. Pride, love, and glum anticipation of the huge hole her absence (come the fall) will leave in my daily routine. But, she's a good kid and will do well. And any time it starts really getting to me, I think of those who've had the terrible heartache to lose a child before this and feel thankful that she's able to move on, with or without me. As I've told her so many times, "Until [she is] a parent, [she] will have no idea how much I love [her]." You've done a good job, guy - as have so many who've responded here. Guess we aren't quite such a bunch of miserable SoB's as we pretend to be.
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Birth729,A salute from me.Iconoclast,I was thinking the same thing while reading all the post.When it comes to those kids,We are all putty.Now when it's the grand kids,Im just mush.My son has three kids.I have bought nine guns for them.Daughter wrote me today that she is trying to have one.That means trip to gun shop in the morning.
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  • BoltactionManBoltactionMan Member Posts: 2,048 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    cpermd,

    This probably won't come out right but I'll try. This is a hard thing for you to take and if your daughter will admit it probably not the easiest on her either.

    There is an upside, your "baby" is gone but in her place is a young woman that you helped mold. Look forward to the new relationship you get to have with her. She'll always remain a little bit "daddy's girl".

    Congratulations to you and your daughter.

    KC
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