Spending Time With Family or Without???

We stay together. My son still at high school. We have our business premises near to my residence and I can come home as and when I want to. Glad to know you that you are a strong person and can stay away from home. To bridge the cap between you and the family, you can fix a compputer at home and at your room, with a web camera and internet. So whenever you want to speak to them, you can do so and what is happy thing is you can see them on the camera with movements of people and vice versa.

Hello gourab. I think that yours is not the only case and you are not alone there. There are so many students who have to stay away from their parents as they study at a faraway school or university. In my school, all the students come from different parts of the province and the country, they cannot go home until ten or more than ten days when they start to have a four-day rest, but to those whose home is too far away, it is impossible for them to get back home to see their parents as it is not long enough for them to enjoy the happy get-together with their family. Thanks for your discussion and have a good day, dear friend.

You are so lucky to have such a loving family. Truly! I could not wait to go to college to get away from my parents! I didn't ever want to go "home" because they discouraged my education, and didn't give me one penny to pay my tuition or buy books or anything. I had so many jobs just to stay in school that I didn't have time to think about much else anyway. Are you eating your green leafy vegetables and whole grain foods? College students often forget to watch their diets when they are away at school, and take vitamin supplements. If you don't get enough B-complex vitamins that could cause sadness, too. As long as you stay well, and work hard in school, surely your fine parents are happy knowing they have a son who loves them so much and is making something of himself. What more could parents want?

Hello hi_gourab, I had the same experience 20 years ago when I was being accepted to a boarding school. I missed my family and home very much as I was very closed to my family. Whenever I was alone, I started to miss them terribly and ended up crying at night. I made it a routine to call my parents every day so that it could cure my loneliness without them.

I can totally relate to your discussion. Four years ago, I moved to Illinois (I'm from Michigan) with my boyfriend. We lived there for almost two years and got on our feet with a place of our own along with jobs. Eventually, I couldn't pretend that I was happy anymore and I longed to be back near my family. I ended up moving back to Michigan and a few months later my bf came back as well! We're doing great now. :-)

Hi,there! I think what you did was right.It's always good to have the time to spend with our family. Nowadays there're many people who are so busy with study or work that they usually don't have enough time to get together with their families. But the affection between family members are very precious and hard to be substitute by other things.If I were you,I would also do that:) Best regards for you and your family.Maybe you can also tell your parents about your feeling:) Have a nice week^_^

Its nice you feel so close to your family. But with age and responsibilities, we get to sometimes be separated from the family. This will take time for you to understand and balance yourself. you can call them cant you? There are a lot of people who have to be away from their families for years. You can go meet them once a month at least. Think about people who cant and try to make up your mind. concentrate on your studies and your goal in life. I hope you'll be ok with time. Wish you good luck. Take care.

hi, look its part of life. I am not denying that you are feeling bad, but you are studying for your own good. I used to stay away from home for 1.5 yr for my job. You still can visit once in month. I used to come once or twice in a year. When you will be in job, u may have to spend the time away. so get ready for the big fight.

Hi there, I am an engineer as well but i am older than you, hey this is a temporarily stage where you have to do your best to cope up with it but when you graduate, hopefully you'll get hired in a place nearby where your parents live so that you can see them more often and in my point of view it is a must that you always visit them not only for your sake but for their sake as well, they did their very best to grow you and now it is your turn to look after them. As for now, try your best to visit them whenever you can and always make phone calls. Good Luck, my fellow Engineer, what is your major by the way ?

I understand how you feel being away from home and parents, although I've not been in your situation before during my study days. At least you still get to go back and see your parents once a month. If it is any consolation to you, there are many students who go overseas to study, and they do not have the opportunity to fly home that often, maybe just once or twice a year. If you keep yourself busy with your studies, tutorials and assignments, you might fill much of your time with activities and think less about home. Also you're in your 20's now, so it is good also to be away from home and experience some independence on your own, because if you get married some day not too far away, you may also need to move out to stay elsewhere and away from your parents. So this college stint can work positively for you if you see it that way.

I am a father who has one three daughters and one son. Busy as I am as a teacher, I make sure that I spend time with my family. Your feeling is normal. We all need love from our family, a love that is FELT, not just said. Spending time with your family is a commendable gesture for a teenager like you, rather that hanging out with the "bad guys" so they say.