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Well, my trip to the states is over...
7 years ago
Visited a cousin in a place called Plant City in Florida from December 15th to the 31st. It had amazing moments, it had bad moments (namely my mother and also my aunt's granddaughter essentially ruining most of the trip for me, and also a bout of food poisoning that kept me indoors for almost a full week). Came back home yesterday after the very, very cold temperatures gave me a bit of a cold. Been at home since yesterday afternoon, arrived to find that Dad had done no groceries at all, which is the one thing we asked him to do while we were gone, so yesterday everything closed early, today nothing opened, there's nothing to eat here and right now we're all hungry. Way to go, Dad...
Overall? I've decided that my next visit to the U.S will be without anyone tagging along with me so they won't ruin the trip for me. And hopefully make it a permanent trip. I made it no secret that I did not want to return to this drab, boring, annoying, podunk town I live in. I fell in love with Plant City, with the many things and places we don't have here, with the awesome food that, again, you can't find here, and with the people there. Hell, my own family members that we were visiting and also some neighbors I befriended wanted me to stay. God, I'm so freaking depressed right now...
Overall? I've decided that my next visit to the U.S will be without anyone tagging along with me so they won't ruin the trip for me. And hopefully make it a permanent trip. I made it no secret that I did not want to return to this drab, boring, annoying, podunk town I live in. I fell in love with Plant City, with the many things and places we don't have here, with the awesome food that, again, you can't find here, and with the people there. Hell, my own family members that we were visiting and also some neighbors I befriended wanted me to stay. God, I'm so freaking depressed right now...
holten
~holten
i feel ya brother almost had the same experience last year but manage to hang on and try to have fun
Rembrant
~rembrant
OP
But you do like your hometown, right?
holten
~holten
it gets boring sometimes but its home
LeoHowler
~leohowler
Best of luck to you Remmy. You truly deserve better than what you have and you can unquestioningly take care of yourself better than your parents can by this point. I really hope it works out for you. :3
Rembrant
~rembrant
OP
Thanks very much. For now I need to fix my resume (my mother ruined it) and try to find a job, which is really difficult around here.
nievelion
~nievelion
I truly hope you can find the way to make that permanent return happen. Aside from the situation in Puerto Rico, you really deserve to be on your own, away from your awful family, and you are more than able to take care of yourself. *hugs*
Rembrant
~rembrant
OP
Yeah. Mom and I had this huge fight in front fo the family over it. She said I can't live on my own because I "have to learn to be a member of society and be with people", to which I replied that I've befriended several people in our short time there, and my cousin's family adored me, to the point that even to this day his kids want me to be back there with them. She says I can't even cook for myself, to which I replied that I'll learn one way or another, and while I was there I fixed a lot of my meals by myself, even learned to make rice in a slow cooker, which we have had one here at home for years but never used it, has never even been opened, because mom has no idea what to do with it. And finding a job in Plant City's easy, I saw dozen of help wanted signs in Plant City, in several stores and also just strewn around asking for more personal services, like house cleaning and doggy sitting. Basically everyone thinks I can make it in the US, except my mother.
LeoHowler
~leohowler
Pah, you'll be just fine. The thing I had to learn and took me a really long time is that our parents don't always want what's best for us.
nievelion
~nievelion
What LeoHowler said!
