so you might ask how does this relate to harleys or even motorcycles read on
i have 3 kids - 24, 21, 19
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my 19 yr old wants to be......more independent?...... and he so is thinking of moving in with a male friend (no hes not gay) and the friends divorced mom. \\; i told him i won't pay for that as there is room at our house so he would have to pay for it himself. \\; i think a large reason he wants to do that is because the mom doesn't set any boundries on her son as to drinking and some other illegal activies. \\; even when he is at home we usually don't see him because we are gone when gets up and in bed when he comes home.
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my 21 yr old stayed with her boy friend (a pretty nice guy) up in green bay for the summer. and she goes up there often during the year. \\; even when home she lives with my 24 yr old in a home that i am slowly (real slowly) rehabing and so i don't see her much.
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so the 24, with a bachelors in interior design, has decided that she prefers the restaurant business and is going to do the management training thing for the Uncle Julios Hacienda restaurants. \\; upon completing this program there is a good chance that she will get transfered to most probably around washington dc. \\; she has been doing the restaurant thing for years even when she was working a normal job at an interior design company. \\; but lately she has been working many nights and so we don't see her much.
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so i am at that stage in my life when my kids are going their own ways (except of course for the money they still need from me ) and there is just something there that is really bothering me...............
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you would think that i should be happy with having more time and watching them grow and stuff, but ...............................
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any of you have words of wisdom or understand what i am talking about
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as to why this has anything remotely to do with motorcycles or harley davidson my 24 yr old bought a 883 sportster back in oct 2006 - this is what prompted me to pick my 07 ultra up in march last year after not having ridden in 20 years - now i ride a lot and she doesn't even have 600 miles on hers. \\; i also helped her pick out stuff for her bike and initially when she got it we used it to go back and forth to a class that we were taking together.
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so now if she does go to washington, she will need another car so she says that she would sell her current car and the bike - my sedimantal nature just has a problem with her selling the bike, but i realize it would be her decision and all.
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but its like that bike is just something - i don't know - and i just hate to see that bike go (or could it be i just hate to see her go)  \\; i am thinking i will just pay for the bike for her or something, my wife would crucify me as this is something that we just do not really need. \\; like, man, her bike is the first HD in our family can't get rid of that.
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anyway - like i said - do you have kids that are grown and have left ...................... share with me your experience
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thanks
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so
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It must be different with girls but I can't push my 10 yo son out of the house fast enough.
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If the bike was paid for I'd say give her what trade in would be. \\; If she's upside down on the note, oh well. \\; Let it go.
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Keep her in your heart.
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My one child, a daughter is grown and gone from home. \\; She's 25, lives alone, has a boyfriend, full time job, and going to school for her MBA. \\; When she graduated from high school and left for college, it was tough because I enjoyed her and her friends so much. \\; I soon realized that my wife and I were free to do things that we couldn't before, like taking extended trips. \\; We just finished a 13-day, 16-state, 4,038 mile bike trip. \\; We see our daughter frequently, because she lives only 30 miles away. \\; Yeah, it can be tough at first, but it'll get better. \\; If you're close with them, you don't ever lose them! \\; Hang in there.
My parents sent me out at 18 and that was that. \\; I am glad they did as it taught me how be responsible for myself. \\; My sister (the baby) on the other hand has always been able to work them for whatever she wants and needs. \\; Lived there when she returned from living abroad until she met her husband and got a place with him, and when she returned from living abroad again and while she was pregnant and had her baby. \\; Now she has convinced them to buy her a condo which she pays for half of. \\; Oh to be the baby of the family. \\; But like I said, I am glad I was pushed out and stayed out. \\; I couldn't imagine having to live with the rentals as an adult. \\; As they said when I was a kid "When youare an adult and have your own place you can live however you like." \\; And I do.  \\;
are your kids moving out
