Empty Nest Syndrome...

Recently, I spoke to an elderly man who had been his own boss for the last four decades. While feeling proud when he told me that his two children were doing well as managers despite their relatively young age, he expressedly lamented that the children hardly utter any words to him everyday even when they are back from work.

Though the elderly man looked carefree but I could sense the void and helplessness deep in his heart. He spent years bringing up the children, but all he wants now is to have the children talk to him and share their lives with him. But, he gets nothing of that sort, and he feels lonely. The situations might be worse when the two children later get married and moved out to stay on their own. The elderly man would then be experiencing the Empty Nest Syndrome and might even be spiralled into mental depression if he is not able to manage his loneliness,