Mid Life Crisis Or Just Ready To Live?

2gypsies wrote:
I think you have a terrific idea of RVing. We've met many, many single women who full-time. As noted above, check out the RVing Singles clubs. They are definitely not dating services. They are singles who just enjoy having fun.

The only obstacle I see is your 16 year old son. He's probably a junior in high school which can be a difficult age. Does he have stable long-time friends? If so, that would be very hard for him to leave.

One solution since you want to get out of your parent's house soon, is if you had a campground or even a kid-friendly mobile home park nearby (sometimes they let RVers stay,too), then talk to your son in-depth and explain your feelings to him and why you want to do this. If he agrees with living in an RV for two more years until he finishes school, then really try to stay in his present school district so he's not uprooted from his friends and things he's comfortable with. During school breaks perhaps both of you could take a small trip to let him understand what your future intentions will be like.

I really hope this works out for you. I know that when you're on your own you'll have a lot more confidence in yourself. There are many workamper jobs out there or even volunteering at national or state parks will at least pay for your campsite and give you a feeling that you're really helping out. It can be done. Good luck to you!

The divorce wrecked his longer term friendships and that was a few years ago. He's adapted and keeps in touch with them via online since we're not in the same state. The school thing isn't an issue though. He's perfectly happy to be uprooted from his grandparents though ;-p

I think the big issue with him isn't the RV life as much as he got used to the nice upper middle class lifestyle, nice house, toys and cool stuff, then his father had a meltdown and bankrupted us so when we lost it all, he lost all that too. It got to a point temporarily where we had to just unload most everything to make a cross country trip and we both hated it. I had 10 grand worth of furniture I LOVED but eh...for me, it's okay. I don't attach to "stuff" like that.

So when we leave here, he's anxious about suffering that kind of "loss" and instability. It may well be that once I figure out how to adjust that conflict I can move forward. Living in an RV full time for the experience and the ways it'll enrich his life for as long as he lives at "home" with me vs the idea that living in an RV full time means he's homeless and has nothing. See where I'm having trouble with it?

I don't know how to reconcile it for him. Any help would be greatly welcome...because honestly just writing it then is the first time it actually came out more fully formed than the swirling dread and apprehension without a face as it's been doing. So progress! That's good! I see the problem clearly suddenly.