dbverycherry
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Reged: 24/02/2007
Posts: 3535
Loc: Kent UK
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wrap our 19 year old daughter up in so as to try and protect her from the knocks, problems and hassle she may come across and encounter while away from home and at university! 
Thinking about it I may well need a laod of the wooly stuff for myself to and while I am knocking about the house and for the most part alone.
Following on and with reference to Moco's your child at uni post ... I was thinking about cotton wool cushion and our daughetr in a positive and helpfully way.
So as not be over the top, over bearing about it and allow her to live and learn.
I try to hold back and not to say to much or worry her more. Do you find this difficult, upsetting and often find you have to bite your tongue?
Please don't get me wrong OH and I do let her get on with things but it is so hard seeing one's baby leave home and on her own and with out her mummy.
I may well be a bit PMT  also I am a bit low right now from having a bad chest infection for the past week. This post may appear rambling a bit but I hope some of you ladies out there can try and see what I am getting at here.
So does anyone know or can suggest how best to deal with this motherly 'Cotton Wool' feeling and how to cope with it and at a such trying and difficult times like these? 
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jessie_1
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Reged: 07/03/2006
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No I dont but I like the idea though.
After my son was mugged last year and left for "dead" the idea of wrapping him up in cotton wool for the rest of his life is very appealing.
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dbverycherry
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Reged: 24/02/2007
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Loc: Kent UK
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I am so sorry to hear of your son's experience and how terrible it must ahve been for him and you Mrs Hinge
Life being a parent sure is hard at times isn't it.
Yes I to prefer real friends any day as they are far more valuable, and when compaired to diamonds, friends and family are priceless.
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emptynest
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Reged: 10/11/2007
Posts: 502
Loc: South Wales
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Sorry no solution but I know it does become easier gradually. I could win a competition for 'the woman who worries most about her children' but now they are not at home I am slowly adjusting.
I am sure that you are just feeling low at the moment because of your illness. I do hope you feel better soon. Once you do the best cure for an emptynester is to get out and find similar friends and other interests to take up your time.
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sioned
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Reged: 31/03/2008
Posts: 76
Loc: North Wales Coast
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The cotton wool sounds wonderful, I remember my mother in law saying to me that she worried about her son just the same at 40 or 4!
My own children are growing up, now aged between 17 and 22 i have to try really hard not to do too much or interfere, everything is a learning experience, as long as they dont keep making the same mistakes i guess. I think we just try to give them the skills they need and hope they make good choices in life and be there for whatever happens.
Thats life; and I still worry!
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