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Originally Posted by Hugh
Just saw my lad (age 24) off - he's off down to his girlfriend's in Banbury, and then on Wednesday they're off to Nepal for a month, then India for a month, then Bali until the New Year, then around Vietnam and Lao in January, then Thailand February onwards for 1-6 months (depending on their finances/ability to get a job doing TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) in North Thailand.
We have had our issues, but I will miss him, and his mother is quite upset.
He will be having some great adventures though, and with the wonders of modern technology (facetime, skype, FB messenger), we will be able to keep in touch.
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You'll probably see and hear more from him than if he was still here.
I dare say being self reliant will also focus his mind on just how much mum and dad have actually done over the years...
