I am a 37 year old Empty Nester. Had my girl at 17 and my boy at 19. She just went back to college for sophomore year and he is training in AIT for the Army. All I ever did was have children. Since before I even grew up. I thought I would be ready for the nights at home with just my husband, and the same rut of going to work, coming home, going to work, coming home, etc. I feel like I am too young to be going through this and have a doom and gloom feeling of "ok, what now?" I am struggling with the "you need a hobby" outlook. Likewise, as another post said, I don't really have close friends to identify with, as most are single with no kids while I am married, or they are just starting their own families. Not sure what to do!!! I hate this "what now?" feeling. !!!!! The worst part of it, is that I am normally the happiest girl you would ever meet, and am very optimistic. Not so much, lately.
