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Hello Wise Ones,
Looking for opinions here. I am prepared to relocate for a job, to a state other than where I and my newly married son currently reside. Received a call from him he was extremely upset. He feels I am tearing the family apart by moving. By family he means, he and his wife, his in laws and me. The job is an awesome opportunity, no I haven't been able to find work here. It seems he has this idealist idea of what things should be like. I don't understand. He's 27, am I missing something here????? How would you react if you were his age and your mom was going somewhere to a great job, new life. Especially when you know she is unhappy where she is?? I think he's being selfish, am I wrong...???? Appreciate your input...
I agree that he is being selfish, or at least a bit immature. It is understandable that he should feel distressed to lose the comfort of proximity, but he needs to accept it.
Tell him that you cut the apron strings when he got married and that it is time for him to be more concerned about his own family, meaning him and his wife, and that it is time for you to live your life the way you see fit, and then wish him well when you move to your new job, good luck.
Thank you to all of you, I appreciate you taking the time to respond. I feel the way you all do. Yes, we were always VERY close, his father was present only in body.
Good job opportunities don’t come along all of the time. Take it! Move! You and the family can always visit on trips back and forth, and the phone lines do call long distance without much trouble.
My family had to break away from and move ~ it was the best thing that happened for everyone. We make trips back home and they make them and come here.
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By family he means, he and his wife, his in laws and me. The job is an awesome opportunity, no I haven't been able to find work here. It seems he has this idealist idea of what things should be like. I don't understand. He's 27, am I missing something here????? How would you react if you were his age and your mom was going somewhere to a great job, new life. Especially when you know she is unhappy where she is?? I think he's being selfish, am I wrong...???? Appreciate your input...
