Well I relocated allright! From Rockville centre NY to Southeast Michigan!!! Many of the plans i had with the people i had' really didnt go as planned
! Seriously' I thought that MI was North because it is so close to Canada and then my mom tells me " No honey thats the Midwest".... I said To myself " What the hell did you do to yourself?" I "thought" I had a good support system but like I said, so many of My plans fell through and also I think has more to do with culture shock. I moved about 5 times until I finally bought a house here on the advice of my boyfriend who then ended up leaving me!
and now i have a big house that i cant maintain physically due to health issue's. I have been here for four years and i can say that i honestly have been trying to get back to NY to my friends and small family for the last 4 years. I was very independent but didnt realize how much just being able to pick up the phone any time and have dozens of choices of close friends, my sister or even new friends to go and do something with really made a huge difference. I Love NY. I dont care that it is expensive' it makes me mad that ive been priced out but my quality of life is literally making my health worse because im so depressed and isolated! Im sure that there are some major factor contributing to my situation but i just want people to think twice about relocating!!! NY is like another Country' not just another state!
Its just me and my son who has high functioning autism and He is not much company and doesnt want to talk to me
but granted he is also a teenager. I am in my late 40's with health issue's and i guess if I ended up getting married to my also from NY boyfriend then maybe this would be somewhat easier but the only time i feel normal is when i get off that plane at LAG or JFK and I literally start crying!!! Im trying not to make the biggest mistake of my life because everyone in NY tells me they cant afford it and they are going to leave eventually also. But in the meantime the people that mean the most to me are living life and im basically here alone. I made a few friends but they all have close family and friends and it is culturally quite different. Imagine my surprise when i found out that "Not everyone thought NY was the greatest place on earth?!!
So im considering renting a room and letting my son live with his dad just to come back to NY? I really must say that I feel like i live in another country and i have had a few drs. and some others tell me that "I" dont really belong in a place like this. I mean i Know that and thats why i feel like its harder to find things in common. And now i know why the taxes are higher in NY because of the services and schools really are different ? Any thoughts?
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