<p>The frequency of our freshman daughter's phone calls has increased significantly over the past few weeks. Nothing alarming or problematic--calls about housing next year, logistics concerning summer job and a trip with college friends, the early fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Cubs, etc.--but it has been noticable. </p>
<p>The other day, after hanging up from one of the calls, my wife turned to me and said: "Boy, I'll really miss her when she's home."</p>
<p>Ironic but true.</p>
<p>nice, dadx3. I think finals lead to more phone calls..any distraction from studies.</p>
<p>dadtimesthree-- your post made me smile. My D just got home 2 hours ago! My phone has finally stop ringing. :)</p>
<p>It's all anxiety :) I tend to call more often when I'm anxious or nervous about something... quite more often this year (though I'm a senior) because I was writing my thesis!!! How stressful is that?!
Just be there to answer the phone and just be a sounding board for her.</p>
<p>Dadtimesthree, I know what you mean. I have more conversations with my DD via phone, im and email when she is away than when she is home. I think the distance makes it safer for her to be close and vulnerable. When she's at home, I feel lucky to have a conversation that lasts for more than a minute about her life, but when she's at school she'll happily go on for an hour. So I do feel like I know more about her life when she's away than when she's home!</p>
<p>Freshman D got home yesterday, but H and/or I got multiple calls during the previous 7-8 days. Mostly panic about exams/papers; others on totally frivolous topics. Like tickelmepink, we functioned as a sounding board; she didn't want advice. She's fine now.</p>
<p>Seems I have talked to S more times today than in last couple of weeks. I like that he feels the need to call, even it is to let me know that the first of fours exams is over. And of course he needed money to pay the cable bill so he could turn off the service.
I think as freshmen they are a little anxious still of finals and the idea of coming home for the summer. I have to say though that his young man I will be picking up on Sunday is not the same young man who we dropped off in August. Wow has he matured.</p>
<p>Went down this road with S years ago, expect to go down it with D next summer.</p>