Every time I hear a parent complaining about their child leaving for university and ‘never coming back’ I’m like “Yeah. I don’t need to hear anything else. Kid is in the right.” also, it is baffling how many parents expect their kids to MOVE CLOSER TO THEM so they can see their grandkids. If you ‘feel abandoned’ maybe you could consider leaving Shitsburgh Hatesville and moving closer to them? Or is that too brave?
And I know there is a lot of cultural and family tie related things that can make relocating as an older person scary but I grew up in an area with a terrible economy, a declining population, no healthcare, no job opportunities, no educational opportunities and terrible infrastructure and I got so sick of listening to people complain that their children left. It is a horrible place to raise a child. There is no drugstore in the town, no pediatrician, no entertainment, corruption, a terrible school and again, no jobs. If you actually loved your grandchildren, you’d understand why their parents don’t want to raise them there.
