This Is It - Moving In.

@rakski (156306)
Philippines
August 16, 2025 8:27am CST
I am excited that the day has come. We are all waiting for this day to come. It means that finally, my daughter will start a new chapter in her life. Her university life begins. I am sad that the day has come. This means missing my daughter who for not one day missed sleeping at home, except for some retreats from school. I'm sad that I can't be with her everyday. But life goes on...
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@DaddyEvil (174320)
• United States
16 Aug
I know exactly what you mean... It will be hard to adjust but, you'll manage.
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
18 Aug
Yes, I am trying to manage. Keeping myself busy is one way
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@DaddyEvil (174320)
• United States
18 Aug
@rakski Good. That's what I did when Pretty went away to college, too.
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
18 Aug
@DaddyEvil just cleaned one bedroom
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@cabuyogty (4487)
• Philippines
16 Aug
Take care for your daughter because she will sleep in dorm. I have to catch up with other mylot posts. Have a nice day mylotters.
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
17 Aug
thank you! I have to catch up with myself. I have not been here for several days
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
19 Aug
@cabuyogty I am busy the past days
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@cabuyogty (4487)
• Philippines
18 Aug
@rakski I couldn't catch up two days ago because of very slow internet.
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@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
16 Aug
It's sad, to be sure, but I'm also glad she's maturing and learning about adulthood. It's the desire to hold her close to you like a baby but the inability to do so. She needs to understand her future and learn how to be self-sufficient.
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
17 Aug
Yes, this makes me sad. But I have to let her go to learn life
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@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
18 Aug
@rakski I believe it is our collective responsibility as parents to gradually give her the room she needs to develop independently. We parents are there to support her in the background while she finds her own life.
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
18 Aug
@rsa101 I believe in that too. She messaged me last night that she misses me. I do too but I have to encourage her to enjoy her college life and explore
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• Philippines
24 Sep
I think that is the hardest part of being a parent.
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
25 Sep
so true!
@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Aug
I wish her the best of luck and hope she will enjoy her new student life,
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
17 Aug
thank you so much!
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Aug
This is a big milestone for your daughter, and a new chapter in your life! How far away is the university she will be attending? I was lucky with my two kids, I live right down the street from the university both of them went to, so they continued to live at home while they were studying.
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
17 Aug
It is 3-4 cities away from our place. It is actually not so far, but the traffic here is really terrible as it is during rush hour and when you add rain and flood, it will be drastic
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
20 Aug
@moffittjc an hour and a half without traffic. if with traffic, it can go double, if with rain and traffic, it could be more
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Aug
@rakski So how long would it take to get from your home to the university?
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@xstitcher (39015)
• Petaluma, California
16 Aug
Thankfully there's the phone.
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
17 Aug
yes, I am so thankful for the technology nowadays
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• Philippines
16 Aug
Never had that experience @rakski I still commuted from home to school vice versa. But because the transport was just two way for me. I never experience the roommate thing. Yeah, that kind of freedom is just tempting. I hope she is careful with people, specially if you are not around.
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
18 Aug
I have never experienced that. If it were way back during my time, she would just commute but traffic nowadays is so terrible
@JudyEv (381931)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Aug
This is indeed a new chapter and a big step forward in her life.
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@rakski (156306)
• Philippines
18 Aug
that is true
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