I won’t ask for your number, and even though I asked before, I won’t ask for your name, or your age: I’ll let the decision about what happens next be up to you. “I don’t think I ca . My wife was having a slightly difficult emotional time adjusting to the empty nest, but her trouble was mostly finding things to do with herself that weren’t focused on the kids, and nothing nearly like the “syndrome” you see described as life-altering.