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It seems insane to me to think about taking to my parents weekly. I know they exist, I don’t need to talk to them. What seems unimaginable to one of us is not
by paulcole 4y ago
It seems insane to me to think about taking to my parents weekly. I know they exist, I don’t need to talk to them.
What seems unimaginable to one of us is not just normal but desirable to the other.
The same is true for deciding where to live.
- nerdjon 4y agoJust to clarify, what I find insane is the numbers because it doesn't line up with my experience within most of the people I generally talk too
- brewdad 4y agoI'm in the same boat. Sometimes I wonder if there is something wrong with the way I'm wired but while I love my Dad and we've always had a good relationship, I don't need to talk to him regularly. Maybe it's because I didn't grow up with the strong family bonds that so many in this thread have. We lived 2.5 hours away from my Dad's family and saw them about 6 times a year. We lived 1500 miles from my Mom's family and I probably visited my Mom's parents a dozen times in my entire life. Now, my wife and I live 2500 miles from our parents. Half the year it's further than that since one set winters in Florida and the other in Asia. At times I feel like I've totally missed out on something but at the same time I wouldn't move back "home" probably ever. I've lived in my current house for 18 years. It's the longest I've ever lived anywhere. This is "home" now.