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Originally Posted by jbdlfan
Wow, am I so glad you responded this way. As you can see, people will make judgements or comments on things they have no idea about. The e-courses that your son is taking are a perfect example.
That being said, we have raised a son done here, who went to the Charter School, and is now out on his own. He made friends, socialized locally and otherwise did fine. We have a daughter that moved down here and met a very nice young man that she married. Granted, neither lived in The Villages, but we did live next door until recently. They both spent and continue to spend tons of time here to either visit and socialize with us our their grandparents. You and your son will be fine if you make the choice to make a permanent move.
Trust me, you will meet and hear from ALL KINDS around here, it will be what you want it to be. Now one concern you may have as a parent is that outside the buble you will find a socio-economic situation you or your son may not be familiar with. Not knowing you personally, I have no idea what type of situation you are accustomed. We had a definite culture shock once we began venturing out on a regular basis. But it's like anywhere, keep your eye and ears open and you will be fine. Feel free to PM me for specific info, I work in a school district outside The Villages and my spouse works locally also.
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I've been wondering how the original poster made out with their adult child moving in with them at THE VILLAGES and going to Jr. College?
Hopefully, the adjustment went well??
I came upon your post........and would "echo" what you say above about the socio-economic situation outside the "bubble" of THE VILLAGES, which was a distinct contrast to entering the TV property.
Our adult kids are now almost 45 and 41 years of age.
However, after graduating a four year college (before going for their masters degrees and M.B.A.) each left the college town where they had experienced a semblance of independence for the four years, first living in the dorms on campus; then moving to their own apartments with room mate situations.......
One moved to North Haven Island Maine, totally "out at sea" ten miles from the mainland, accessible only by ferry boat. They worked in a two room schoolhouse and enjoyed the adventure until our daughter decided to go back to Burlington, Vermont and work on her masters degree.
They were totally supporting themselves at this point. BOSTON, MASS. was the next destination......for their careers. Never moved back home.
When our son graduated University of Vermont at age 22, he attended his sister's wedding and the next day drove with a friend to Boulder Colorado as did so many young men from Vermont.......it was the place to go.
He did so without a job lined up and without lodging. It all worked out very well, he learned independence.......traveled the world, went back to grad school for his M.B.A. at the University of Colorado.....got recruited by Proctor and Gamble in Cincinatti........the rest is history.
I had always "assumed" they would move back home after the University of Vermont 4 years, start interviewing for "jobs",etc. and live at home.
How crazy is that? Obviously we have no great jobs in our town, unless one is a doctor, in the school system or works at one of the colleges.......so the best and the brightest end up "leaving" their home state for career opportunities in the BIG CITIES........
It was the exact same situation for all of their friends. After graduating college and working for a few years....they all went back to grad school to work on their masters degrees............not one moved in with their parents. We would have welcomed it.......but they had their own plans.