W2R
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No. My 38-year-old moved out a couple of decades ago.Do you still have an adult child living at home?
We started at a very early age. We made a point of steering conversations to the topic of launching on her 18th birthday. We did this now and then as she was growing up, from elementary school onwards (in age appropriate ways that would make the idea of moving out when she grew up, seem like fun and loving, not like being tossed out). She announced the specifics of her plans to us a month or two before she turned 18, and she implemented each part of her plan beautifully and moved out the week of her 18th birthday. (OK, proud mama here).How do you lovingly boot your child out of the nest?
It's too late to start this in your case, so I'm sorry I don't have a good answer for you. But anyway that is how we did it.
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