Emoness
I always get a little bit 'emo'-fied after I finish Skyping with my family. You know how they say 'out of sight, out of mind'? Well, I wouldn't go that far as to say that that applies to me, but I will say that you really don't miss things as much until you actually see and hear that which you are missing.
If that makes sense.
When you're living together and seeing each other under one roof all day long, you tend to take it all for granted and even get annoyed and wish you were somewhere else a lot. Living in close quarters makes the inhabitants rub off on each other, and often it makes tempers flare.
But when you're away, a whole different scenario occurs. Technology has made it such that the only thing really separating you and the other person is a screen, and physical contact. You can still hear them and see them, which is a far sight better than it used to be when all you could count on was snail mail, and you'd be lucky if you heard from them once a month.
The feelings and experiences, however, are still the same. I still miss my family. I know there are some people who've come here and said that they don't miss home at all, and you know, power to them and all, but I don't think there's any shame in remembering where you came from and wanting to go back. It's human nature to want to be with the ones we love most - and when away from them, miss them and want to go back.
There are a lot of things that modern age has told us is right to do. 'Leave your country', they tell us, and we've been brought up to believe. 'Opportunities are better elsewhere, you'll make more money there, you'll be happier there'. But why didn't these people ever mention your family?
I know there are people who wouldn't blink an eye if they had to move away and see their family perhaps once every ten years in the pursuit of material happiness.
I don't think I'm that kind of person.
As a compensation for this emo post, pictures of yummy food will be following.
posted by FluffyRed @ 9:20 PM
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