# It's the end of an era... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743 "2016-05-26T15:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/1 "2016-05-26T15:38:18Z")
For 7 years, 10 months of the year, 5 days a week, I got up and drove my son to Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep. We pulled up in front of the school, in the drop off line, and I would say, “Have a good day. Have fun. Try to learn something.” Unless it was a testing day and then I would say, “Try to remember something.” Then he would lean over and kiss my cheek and get out of the car. Yes, my teenage son kissed me goodbye on the cheek, every morning, in front of everyone. Damn. I can’t believe it’s over. Graduation isn’t until next week and they have some senior activities between now and then, but this is it for school. Next August I’m not going to know what to do with myself. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/2 "2016-05-26T15:56:41Z")
My oldest daughter is in 7th grade and I’m already fretting about her going off to college in 6 years. She’s too young to leave home! ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/3 "2016-05-26T16:27:11Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > My oldest daughter is in 7th grade and I’m already fretting about her going off to college in 6 years. She’s too young to leave home! Don’t worry. They never leave. ---
**Author:** ![grayhairedmomma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/47e85d/32.png) [@grayhairedmomma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grayhairedmomma)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/4 "2016-05-26T18:08:10Z")
This is true. My 19yr old daughter, freshly home from her first year at college, came and got in bed with me last night because she had a bad dream. About monsters that sang their own showtunes (à la [Michigan J. Frog](https://youtu.be/TmN3f6AHPIk)). ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/5 "2016-05-26T23:42:30Z")
> [@grayhairedmomma](#): > > About monsters that sang their own showtunes (à la [Michigan J. Frog](https://youtu.be/TmN3f6AHPIk)). That link took me to a Sears commercial with nothing following it. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/6 "2016-05-27T06:33:32Z")
See: One Froggy Evening, Chuck Jones, WB ---
**Author:** ![Anna1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anna1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anna1982)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/7 "2016-05-27T11:20:22Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > For 7 years, 10 months of the year, 5 days a week, I got up and drove my son to Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep. We pulled up in front of the school, in the drop off line, and I would say, “Have a good day. Have fun. Try to learn something.” Unless it was a testing day and then I would say, “Try to remember something.” Then he would lean over and kiss my cheek and get out of the car. Yes, my teenage son kissed me goodbye on the cheek, every morning, in front of everyone. > > Damn. I can’t believe it’s over. Graduation isn’t until next week and they have some senior activities between now and then, but this is it for school. Next August I’m not going to know what to do with myself. * * * Wherever you go, go with all your heart - [Confucius](http://Thedoorsfans.no) ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/8 "2016-05-27T20:22:52Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > See: One Froggy Evening, Chuck Jones, WB I must have seen that cartoon a hundred times, but I just sat through the whole thing again. One of my favorites! It’s [here](https://vimeo.com/50941741), by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/9 "2016-05-27T20:27:06Z")
My nephew’s graduation party is tomorrow. Moving clear across country to go to college. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/10 "2016-05-27T23:21:09Z")
“One Froggy Evening” was rated third best cartoon of the millennium, in 1999, when Cartoon Network showed the 50 cartoons they rated the best. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-an-era/755743/11 "2016-05-28T00:36:19Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Don’t worry. They never leave. I disagree. It’s their stuff that never leaves. My son hasn’t spent a dozen nights in my house in the last 10 years but I still have his Foosball table from college cluttering up my garage.