[SamAdams76]

I have fond memories of my old houses too. When I go up to the Boston area, I try to take a tour of the three houses I lived in while my kids were growing up. The first house they were babies, just a starter ranch. The second house was a simple colonial where they went from toddlers to teenagers and the third house was a "McMansion" where they grew up and moved out. Then my wife and I moved to NYC area by ourselves and started a new chapter in our lives.

Always a bittersweet experience moving from your home and leaving memories behind but then there's always the promise of a new beginning. Good luck in your new home and you might want to drive by the "old house" from time to time.

[cyclotic]

We were having a graduation party at our last house for one of my kids. I walked out front to get something and some guy in a Jeep was just staring at my house. I finally asked if he needed something. He told me that his parents built the house and he lived there several years.

I invited him in to take a walk around.

[Windflier]

...you might want to drive by the "old house" from time to time.

I used to do that when I was young, but as I grew older, it became more and more of an emotionally 'triggering' thing to do.

I can pass by the old rentals we lived in without feeling a twinge of anything, but there's just something about the houses we owned, that sets me off.

I guess in my mind, they still feel like 'my' house.