The XX Factor : empty nesthttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/empty+nest/default.aspxTags: empty nestenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)Empty Nest: What Did You Do in That Limo?http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/11/27/empty-nest-what-did-you-do-in-that-limo.aspxFri, 27 Nov 2009 20:24:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6981Samantha Henig0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6981.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6981A post from DoubleX writer Mimi Swartz: A few weeks ago I got the following e-mail from my son Sam: “MOM,” it began, “GLENDA,* ALLISON* AND I JUST GOT PICKED UP IN A LIMO AND ARE BEING GIVEN A FREE TOUR OF NEW YORK. I LOVE THIS CITY. I am not drunk don't...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/11/27/empty-nest-what-did-you-do-in-that-limo.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6981" width="1" height="1">empty nestmom and son textingmom as son’s Facebook friendmom textingThe Rise of the Empty Nestershttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/07/02/the-rise-of-the-empty-nesters.aspxThu, 02 Jul 2009 20:15:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6058Liza Mundy0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6058.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6058Speaking of being bummed out, I felt oddly blue after reading Mimi Swartz’s excellent piece in The Daily Beast about empty-nesters in the Obama administration. Swartz, who also writes for Double X about being an empty nester herself, talks about (and...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/07/02/the-rise-of-the-empty-nesters.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6058" width="1" height="1">empty nestValerie JarrettMimi SwartzDesiree RogersMy Nest Runneth Overhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/05/20/my-nest-runneth-over.aspxWed, 20 May 2009 14:28:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5627Bonnie Goldstein0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5627.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5627It is not easy to stop being somebody's mommy, but there comes a time when your kids are done. The five-year-old gets on that damn carousel and only two or three horses go up and down before she has a tattoo and a boyfriend. Mimi Swartz in her Double...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/05/20/my-nest-runneth-over.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5627" width="1" height="1">parentingmotherhoodaginggrown childrenadult childrenempty nest