Well, we finally told my nephews yesterday that I’m moving back to Ohio and the reception was less than excited. In fact they were downright disappointed.
Mikey’s first response was disbelief. He thought I was trying to trick him. Then he said, “Why?” His exact comment was, “Aunt Marti, people don’t move to Ohio by choice.” His came up with quite the list for why I shouldn’t move in just a few minutes. The top of the list was - its cold, boring, no beach,
I tried to sway him by saying we could spend more time together, but this didn’t move him. He said he likes visiting me here every year. Now he’s worried about where he’ll go on vacation. His top choice for me to move to was Hawaii or Florida.
You can tell he’s processing because every couple of days he’ll come up with a few reasons why I should or shouldn’t move.
He’ll get used to the idea. He just has no frame of reference for me outside of vacation. I’ll have to come up with ways to show him how this can be great.
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