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[quote=Anonymous]My mom is one of those people who is never happy no matter the situation. Not including things from childhood when I didn’t notice this, more recently she has moved across the country and started a business, sold that business and moved back because she missed everyone too much, then started a new business in our home state, was miserable for those three years with all the hard work it entails, closed that business as well, retired and moved to a lower COL but not too far away state, and has been there for a year now. She and my stepdad are very happy there and I was relieved that it seemed like they would stay for a while. 
Now they are talking about not renewing their lease next summer and moving to Spain next year. Sounds great in theory, but all of her kids and grandkids live in the midatlantic/northeast US. Keep in mind she already lived on the west coast for five years and was miserable because she was so far away from everyone. I would love for her to move wherever she wants, but don’t see this working out long term. I won’t  say anything because she’s an adult who can make her own decisions, but I imagine after a few years of living in Europe they’ll want to move back and then will have to start over. All over again. 
And then she complains about always having a hard life. I’m much more of a practical person and think things through before making big decisions so this really doesn’t make sense to me. But I’ve realized that’s who she is and I have to keep reminding myself to ignore her constant guilt trips about being too busy to visit, etc. 
Sigh. Just venting.  [/quote]

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