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Originally Posted by PrincessPerky
Distance is another factore here...folks like to move, none of my kids grandparents are close enough to spend much time with them at all 
But even if they were, I honestly heard one grandmother say "I did my time, I am out of that whole kid business'.... poor grandkids.
One of the greatest ills IMO is separating the very young from the very old... |
Completely and totally agree. Yes, it is a shame. And people are missing out on that kind of spiritual part of life - connecting with your own, feeling part of an intimate larger something when they're young and when they're old. The fact that these two generations never or rarely meet on the spiritual front is a humangous loss to our sense of humanity.
I have lived in "that kind" of culture and I have lived in this one...just like some say "I have been rich and I have been poor".
Yes, life is (only apparently) more plentiful and more materially comfortable here (for example more living space - all of it on debt of course, e.g. mortgage).
However, spiritually, happiness-wise, humanly speaking...it is a far cry, sad far cry, from the warmth and sense of community well-being I experienced before I left at 25 and still experience every year when we travel back to my home country.
I am now hoping to move back to be closer to family (or at least on that continent). Now that we have kids, it would be so nice to be close to home and to grandparents who cannot wait to help me with the children . However, we need to secure a decent financial situation first so we can satisfy my American husband's perception of "financial security" over there.
At this point, I would go back blindly ... but we need to stay somewhat rational when it comes to the "hard cash" issue. We hope to make it eventually.