Do you miss your family and wish that you could go back home to live again?

@Citychic (4067)
United States
June 13, 2009 1:23pm CST
Hello mylotters, how is everyone? Just wondering if you miss your family and the place that you grew up at. I miss my family so much at times. Then there are other times when I'm glad to be on my own away from my family. How about you?
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@ivana980 (156)
• Italy
17 Jun 09
I live with my family still and i'm happy, I'm 28 years old and i think that when i will get married, a day, i will leave the house were I live now with my parents, with my brother, it very sad. I have not a boyfriend yet and sometimes I would like to have a baby and a husband.... but here i live so good!!!
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
18 Jun 09
Do you miss home?Hello Ivana, well I can understand you for feeling the way that you do, as far as still being home with Mom and dad. But most girls move away from home usually when they are young adults, 18-20,they usually move out then they wind up finding a husband or someone they love. While I can't judge your situation I do feel it's a wee bit odd that you'd still be at home. Did you ever leave there to live someplace else or have you been there the whole time? I left home when I was about 18 myself. I did move back for a short while, like maybe a couple of months then I moved out on my own and met my present hubby. At my home there were lots of rules and I don't know if it's the same at your home but I wonder if a bf would want to come around while all your family is there. Hummm.......
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Do you miss your home? Oh well I guess we are living in a different place and that mean slightly different customs. Most of the people over here where I live at like to have their own place by the time they become young adults. They wouldn't like it if their parents were hanging around when it was time for the boyfriend or girlfriend to come over. But to each his own, if you are happy with your situation then I'm happy for you and i hope you will not allow me to try to persuade you to do anything differently. Hope you have a happy life and happy mylotting!
@ivana980 (156)
• Italy
18 Jun 09
No, I never leave my family and I am good here at the moment... my parent are modern people and if i had a boyfriend could come around while all my family is here.... :-)
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@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Well, since my Mom has been gone now for almost 2 yrs. and I am in my mid 40s, and my husband just turned 50 it would be quite awkward to really have to live with someone, and have to depend on them, and listen to their rules. For me even though there are times it would be nice, I value my independence and really enjoy being able to be me. I know someone who is still a Friend of mine who will be 48 next month who has never been on their own, and I think of all of the things in life they are missing out on as well. So personally unless someone is younger, I think it is so much better to be able to live out there on your own for sure.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Do you miss your family? Hello KrauseHome, thanks for you response. I agree with you that while there is no place like home it's best to live on your own once you become an adult. That way you do not have to be bothered with trying to live by anyone else rules. Well it seems like society is changing and I remember when I was growing up, the normal thing to do was to leave home once a person turned eighteen but now, a lot of young adults seem to be moving back home. I sure do hope that my children will be able to get out there and make it on their own once they turn eighteen. I wouldn't mind giving them a place to keep living if they go out there and realize that they just can't make it but the whole idea is to help those that are trying to help their selves. If they are just lazy then that is another story altogether. Anyhow I can really admire and respect the way that people around our age was brought up because it seems like a lot of us were taught to have a backbone and we had determination to make it. But nowadays I don't know what to say about the younger generation. They seem to want almost everything handed to them on a silver platter. Nice hearing from you and Happy mylot!
@latsmom (824)
14 Jun 09
I left home when I was 14, my mother and I did not get on well at all. It took many years for us to get on and we are still not as close as some mother and daughters, I was glad to leave home. When my parents split my mom came and stopped with me and my children for a while and although the company was good I have to say we are very different people and I think we were both glad when my mom found a house. We get on well now and have done for many years although our differences split us in the past. I love my house and the waY I do things and bring up my children, I dont think I could live with a man now never mind my mom : )
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
17 Jun 09
Do you miss your home? Hello Latsmom. Thanks for sharing your story. Well I can understand what you are saying. I remember when I was about 14 or 15, that is when me and my mom stopped getting along. There was trouble because her little girl was starting to grow up and i guess she didn't like the idea of seeing her daughter starting to blossom out. It was really rough growing up under my mom during those adolescence years. Anyhow we get along now fairly well but I think it's the old saying about two women in a house. They usually don't get along too good together because both will have their own ways of doing things. As for living with a man. I'm married to one now and it's not easy but you do what you gotta do for the sake of peace and the children in the family. But it's good that you and your mom both have your own place and if you are happy that's really all that counts. So take care Latsmom and have a great evening! happy Mylot.
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
18 Jun 09
Yes, i do missed my family very much. I always make sure to visit them once or twice in a year. Before i married, i stayed with my family. lt's so wonderful and happy to be able to stay together and enjoy every moment together. But after my marriage, i had followed my husband and moved to another city. That's why, now i felt missed them a lot and always treasure the very moment i had spend with them before. Well, in a few months time, i will be travelling back to my hometown and meet my family again..
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Do you miss your family? Hello myfb2009, I hope that you get to travel back home so that you can meet up with your family again too. It sound as if your life has been very similar to mine. So far I've had to move around over twelve times. Sometimes it was short moves within the same city but still a move is a move and it can be very hard on the wife. Anyhow I have put a few roots down here where I am at right now and the next time I move I plan on making it my final resting place, that is before I get to heaven. take care and have a nice day and thanks for responding.
@jugsjugs (12967)
13 Jun 09
I live opposite my mother,but some days i think it would be a lot easier if i was living with her as she has ill health.I love my independance so i could not ever see me living back at home as i also have six children now.Sometimes i wish i lived a long way from my mother as she interferes in my life as she knows everything that is going on and other times it is so convenient to be opposite her.So it is a bit of mixed feelings living so close,but it is convenient.Happy mylotting.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
17 Jun 09
Do you miss home? Hello Jugsjugs. Well it's good that you live near your mom because if she ever need help then she can call you right over. But on the other hand it's not so good because you would probably be the one that she would come to depend on whenever she had a problem. I don't think that I could live too close to my mom simply because she has her own lifestyle and her own way of doing things. Sometimes it would hurt my heart to see her doing something that I didn't agree with....especially if I thought it was wrong or could potentially harm her. But my mom have other family members there so it's not like she is totally alone. I"m sure that my mom would interfere too if I lived very close. A couple of cities away might not be too bad. So yeah I agree it can give you mixed emotions......But I'm sure that your mom feel that warm and comfy feeling just knowing that you are near. Take care and happy mylot.
17 Jun 09
Alot of people my age I know have chosen to move away from home and I guess I could have too but I knew I would miss living here too much. I love being around my family, we have had tough times but recently we are all getting along really well. I am going on holiday with them next month which I am really looking forward to. I am going to miss being around them so much when I leave home. I have already found who I want to live with but we are both living at home untill we finish University which will be another 4 or 5 years yet!
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
17 Jun 09
Do you miss home? Hello Pinklemonade. Thanks for sharing your post and your views. Well I have moved away from home and it's very tough not being around there to see everybody growing up and such. But at times whenever I am there visiting or whatever, it tend to get kind of boring after a while. I guess that's because I've been gone for so long. I do wish that I could stay there and help my parents out more because they are starting to get kind of old and i"m sure they might be needing some reliable help in the coming years. Anyhow you mentioned that you found the person that you want to live with but it will be another four of five years, wow, that is a long time. Hoping for your sake they won't change their mind in all of that time. Would this be a roommate or a live in partner? Happy mylot?
• United States
20 Jun 09
Yes I miss home alot I miss my sisters and living in cedar rapids iowa the only thing that stops me is from going back is money and a job so if I were to win the lottery I would go back
@sjvenden27 (1840)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Yes I miss the couple of good times that my mom, my sister and I shared... Would I ever go back... Nope hell would have to freeze over first!!! I grew up in a very abusive and manipulating household, which seemed to be unstable most of the time, never knowing what the next day will bring... Or if we would be moving again... My mom loved to run away from her problems, so when it got to be too bad the house would be packed and the next day we would be gone, to who knows what state or city.. Full of stranger, not knowing anyone or anything... Far away from the "home" we knew for that time... I am so glad I am not around that kind of influences in my life.. Just recently got a place of my own... Hopefully one day soon I will have a place where I can create roots for my son.. I am happy were I am at, but I preferably do not want to rasie him in a huge city.. Of all of the places I have been, I have found the most comfort in small town USA..