My parents just called me to give me a list of all the reasons we should not move far away, it included them saying the following: my father speaking (my mother in the background)

1) it is every parent’s wish that their kids stay close to home

2) parent’s always forgive their children, and always want to help them and be there for them (forgive?!?!)

3) right now it may seem easy and fun, but the glamour will fade

4) it might seem easy to just drop off your dog everytime you want to run somewhere, it won’t be the same with a child. if parents are close by they can help

5) you need to think hard about this, it is not an easy decision

6) by the way i bought you a life insurance plan, here are all the details: (i say I can’t get into that right now) he says “OH WELL i was just trying to help and explain”

7) all of your family is here (mind you my extended family is as pathologic as my parents) and so are your husband’s (the parents of his that they wanted to denounce to evil, and now that it’s convenient for them they want to use them as bait for us to stay)

8) we know our family friend named D, she wanted to move away to the other coast so bad – but she did, but guess where she lives right now? she moved right back home right by her parents. that’s what ends up happening

9) we know money is important but so is family (this is out of nowhere because infact if we moved farther away we would make LESS money – he is fishing and projecting would be ideas in our head that are false)

10) i know you looked very hard, but maybe if you email some more and have patience you will find something here. i get job offers everyday – doesn’t mean i jump across the country

11) look at all your cousins, they all may have traveled for training but they remain close to home now. see this is what people do.