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Most of the military kids i knew that grew up moving around every couple of years fucking hated it. Just when you were getting ready to really know some friends

Most of the military kids i knew that grew up moving around every couple of years fucking hated it. Just when you were getting ready to really know some friends really well it was time to go. I would hate that. I have a few true, friends who are like family that I've known since grade school. I would hate to deny my kid those long term friendships. I'm sure it depends on the kid though.

em-bee 4y ago
i didn't hate it but i am sure it was a big contributing factor why i didn't have any friends during school and always felt like an outsider.
forgotmypw17 4y ago
I lived that sort of childhood for different reasons, and it was trying at times, though I didn't hate it. Life-long friendships are nice. I don't think vanlife necessarily means a life of roaming the country without a stable location. For example, I spent most of my van living within the same couple of cities, more than half in just one. The other thing I want to say is that the factory model of education is on its way out, and I personally would not send my child to a public school if I had a choice to home-school. Socializing and making friends is important, and I think there are better ways to socialize and make friends than in a prison-like forced boredom complex.
- em-bee 4y ago
  not everyone has that opportunity though. over here kids are so busy with learning after school that they have no time to be outside making friends, and any kid not in school would be completely isolated. but if you are staying for a few years in the same place why not rent a house or apartment? i guess it comes down to a cost comparison. but also, in fact, if the point is to have the freedom to move then i feel renting makes me much more free, because everything i own is easy to transport, easier than a trailer even, and so the whole world becomes accessible to me. (as long as i can get a resident visa at least)

em-bee 4y ago

i didn't hate it but i am sure it was a big contributing factor why i didn't have any friends during school and always felt like an outsider.

forgotmypw17 4y ago

I lived that sort of childhood for different reasons, and it was trying at times, though I didn't hate it. Life-long friendships are nice. I don't think vanlife necessarily means a life of roaming the country without a stable location. For example, I spent most of my van living within the same couple of cities, more than half in just one. The other thing I want to say is that the factory model of education is on its way out, and I personally would not send my child to a public school if I had a choice to home-school. Socializing and making friends is important, and I think there are better ways to socialize and make friends than in a prison-like forced boredom complex.

em-bee 4y ago
not everyone has that opportunity though. over here kids are so busy with learning after school that they have no time to be outside making friends, and any kid not in school would be completely isolated. but if you are staying for a few years in the same place why not rent a house or apartment? i guess it comes down to a cost comparison. but also, in fact, if the point is to have the freedom to move then i feel renting makes me much more free, because everything i own is easy to transport, easier than a trailer even, and so the whole world becomes accessible to me. (as long as i can get a resident visa at least)