empty-nest syndrome

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empty-nest syndrome

(Sociology) Informal a condition, often involving depression, loneliness, etc., experienced by parents living in a home from which the children have grown up and left

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empty empty nest syndrome			Byline: Dr MIRIAM STOPPARD Dear Miriam I'M suffering from empty-nest syndrome. Dear MIRIAM: Lost since my kids left home by The Mirror (London, England) Byline: Dr MIRIAM STOPPARD 'I REMEMBER the empty-nest syndrome as though it were yesterday and, if I'm honest, I'd have to say that it took me best part of three years to get over it. Dear MIRIAM: Take time to grieve - then find a new role; MIRIAM'S ... by The Mirror (London, England) The initiation ceremony involves dressing up in a chicken suit - a fitting ritual for a family suffering from empty-nest syndrome. TVToday: COMEDY MY FAMILY BBC1, 8.30pm by The Mirror (London, England)			Emprising Emprison Emprosthotonos Empson empt Empte Emptier empties emptiness emption Emptional emptor empty empty cow empty nest syndrome empty nester empty out Empty Quarter empty set empty talk empty tomb empty words empty-bellied empty-handed empty-headed empty-nest syndrome empty-nester Emptying Empugn empurple empurpled Empuse Empuzzle empyema Empyesis empyreal Empyreal air empyrean empyreuma Empyreumatic Empyreumatic oils Empyreumatize Empyrical empyromancy empyrosis Emrods Ems EMT EMU emu bush Emu novaehollandiae			empty tomb Empty tuple empty vault Empty Vehicle Weight Empty vessels make most noise Empty vessels make most noise Empty vessels make most noise Empty vessels make most noise Empty vessels make most noise Empty vessels make most sound Empty vessels make most sound Empty vessels make most sound Empty vessels make most sound Empty vessels make most sound Empty vessels make the most sound Empty victory Empty victory Empty victory Empty Wallet Syndrome Empty Weight empty words empty words empty-bellied empty-cell process Empty-Core Thomas-Fermi Pseudopotential Empty-hand Self Defense empty-handed empty-handed empty-headed empty-headed empty-nest syndrome empty-nester Empty-Net Goal empty-sella syndrome Empty-Weight Center of Gravity Empty/Non-Empty emptying emptying emptying emptying emptying emptying disorder emptying into emptying into emptying into emptying into emptying time Empugn empurple empurpled empurples empurpling Empusa Empusae Empuse Empuzzle EMPW empyema empyema empyema Empyema, pleural

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