I’ve moved away from my home country for about a year now.

Whenever I can, I try to stay in touch with family back home via the phone or messaging apps, I’ve never been super attached to my family, but every family has their issues, nevertheless I try my best.

After finally getting my residency in my new country, I was planning on going back home, and I just feel like nobody in my home country cares, I would be writing excited messages about visiting home just to get very cold responses. It feels like everyone has moved on and forgot about me. I know my mom and relatives have never been expressive, but the least you could do is look forward to me visiting. Last week I got covid, although I wasn’t dying or anything, but when I told family members, all they did was reply “take care” and that was it. I know everyone has their own personal problems, but I just can’t help but feel kind of sad that nobody in my home country seems to care about me anymore.

  • Southern-Loss-50@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I found it easy to leave my home country.

    I rarely go back, I’m sure I’m barely missed and if I did think about it too much, I’d probably be a little sad too.

    But perhaps, the reason why we could leave, is because we wouldn’t be missed as much as we’d hoped (subconsciously). You said felt a lack of expressiveness in others.

    I left for work. I’m sure I did it on some sort of auto pilot. Naive youth I guess.

    It worked out, I have friends, family, far more wealth than my family has combined but I am detached from that country I called home for 18 years.

    I have toyed with going back - but my next journey, is outwards, not backwards. Going to explore more of the world….

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