I just posted about not becoming an emptynester till after 60 and DH 67. What is the age you will or did become an emptynester at? Did this change your routine or free you up to do new things if you became an emptynester? I just wonder what the average age is and how it affected people. My friends are just becoming emptynesters and I feel a little left behind because I do not have time to do things with them, go back to school or indulge in things like travel or more quilting. Overal I do not mind as we choose for this life and I am happy to have my children but I feel like my friends are going on a different path and I am not sharing in that experience.