No. It shouldn’t be our responsibility. I was raised in a very close family setting so after I made the decision to move, I was guilt tripped and told I was missed and loved every day. My mom would tell me she cried, my siblings cried about me, etc. She disregarded my own feelings and needs for months and made me feel like it was my duty to come back just to make them all happy, even though I wasn’t even living with them or visiting all the time in the first place. I think they missed that I was able to help with chores and responsibilities. I felt manipulated. I finally reached my breaking point after a year of this consistent nagging and told them how I felt, and that they were dragging me down and making me feel like my move was worthless and they didn’t care about my life and feelings. Thankfully my family relented after and have since been less guilt tripping, but I had to stand up for myself and let them know I was putting myself first now.

I was surprised I didn’t see it mentioned yet haha but it’s definitely something I don’t miss having in nearly everything!

Shootings everywhere, driving everywhere, high costs just for medical visits, prescription ads for viagra or just meds in general, high fructose corn syrup, red 40 dye