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"  In an excerpt from his new memoir Love Life printed on Slate, Rob Lowe shares a sweet and touching story about the emotional breakdown he had when he sent his first son off to college. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m trying to remember: When was the last time my heart was breaking?&amp;quot; Lowe asks about the sadness he&amp;#039;s feeling about sending Matthew off into the world.  What makes Lowe&amp;#039;s story so poignant is the candor with which a grown man (and Hollywood heartthrob) is willing to discuss his emotions, how in touch he is with them, and the universality of what he&amp;#039;s going through. &amp;quot;One of the great gifts of my life has been having my two boys and, through them, exploring the mysterious, complicated, and charged relationship between fathers and sons. As I try to raise them, I discover the depth and currents of not only our relationship but ones already downstream, the love and loss that flowed between my father and me and how that bond is so powerful.&amp;quot;  Lowe knows that the experience of sending a child off to college isn&amp;#039;t unique, but standing there in Matthew&amp;#039;s room among the evidence of the little boy he used to be fills Rob with a sense of loss and longing to hold onto the past. As he falls apart, his son remains stoic, and it seems almost like Matthew is ready to detach without any of the same sentiments. When the big day comes; however, and Matthew is all moved into his dorm room, the full-circle acknowledgment of the enormity of the moment finally emerges. &amp;quot;We put in the time together; we built this thing we have of com\u00ADfort and love. And now, as we both prepare to let go of each other, it is paying off. That evening, even though his dorm room is ready he says, &amp;#039;Dad, I think I&amp;#039;ll just stay with you and Mom tonight.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; With that, Rob knows his feelings have all been reciprocated, and although his son is starting the next phase of his life on his own, their relationship is solid enough to weather the transition just fine.          Matthew and The Boys! A photo posted by Rob Lowe (@robloweofficial) on Nov 24, 2012 at 4:18pm PST      [Via Slate] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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