I have lived in the same locale for over two years now, in this amount of time, my family has never come down to visit.
I understand that they’re extremely busy people, but I know it’s a bit silly that they can’t find time to come see my locale of work, my home, or my current city, however most of all, it stings that my mother will not find time to make the trip.
I wish that she had an interest in my life as an adult’s, rather than trying to treat me like a kid for the rest of my life, unfortunately, she is unlikely to ever change her ways or hit the road to visit. In fact, when it comes to traveling, she has more anxieties than you could believe, but not only is she sad about the actual travel component, but she goes so far as to preemptively complain about the imagined indoor air quality equipment on said vehicle. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard her talk about the terrible air quality on aircrafts as well as the prevalence of nasty, airborne germs! The thing is, she hasn’t been on an aircraft to experience the stagnant recycled air in over two decades, when I suggested that she rents a automobile instead of relying on the communal aircraft, she starts instantly hypothesizing that the on-board heating as well as cooling system will undoubtedly not labor well; She starts talking about the streaming sunshine heating up her vehicle, as well as how the on-board cooling system will only irritate her lungs rather than cooling down the hub of the car. She genuinely enjoys to catastrophize the entire traveling experience. Don’t worry, she leaves no tile unturned. She also enjoys to tell me about how uncomfortable she assumes my home’s central heating as well as cooling system will be.
