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.
I don’t know you but I’d argue that’s a little overdramatized. Pretty much everywhere people will keep up with each other if they try.
Honestly the reason I left is because all of my friends started having long term relationships and were opting to go on dates or what have you every weekend instead of hangout. I definitely still had some friends with the time to make, but things were just getting more fragmented. If I’m going to be lonely, I’d prefer to do it somewhere where the living is better.