Colin's Post About Jamaica

[kath]

Originally posted by Peaches@Mar 1 2005, 12:27 PM
I think our transient society contributes to the lack of closeness with neighbors. We moved a lot when I was a kid thanks to the AF and IBM and I've moved as an adult in attempt to find a better neighborhood and school when my finances would support it.

Online, we never move. We can move physically from country to country, but when I can reach my Dad 60 miles away with the same ease I can reach someone in another country, I tend to keep the bonds there without breaking or weakening them when someone physically leaves.

I remember moving as a child and going to my Dad's office to call friends we'd left behind on the WATS lines and of course writing letters. As time goes by, you make new friends and don't make the effort. I probably talk more to my HS friends via email these days than on the phone or in person.

Excellent point Peaches.

We moved from Ohio to California when I was 16. I kept in touch with my friends for about 2 years... spotty contact, on and off - days of sky-high phone bills and my dad yelling at me to stop calling... letters that went unanswered for months at a time....

Years later I found my former best friend on AOL... we chatted on IM but really didn't have much to say except "remember whens" and "so-and-so is now married and has kids or is divorce from you-know-who." After about 6 months of trying the emails stopped, the IMs disappeared and we lost touch, this time knowing that it was a forever kind of thing.

I can't imagine how hard it would be to be a military brat. When our son was born I pushed hub to get out of the Army. He didn't renew and we left Oklahoma. Best decision of our lives IMHO. That would truly be hard to move so much.

Online we never move. I like that.