I don't want to sound like I want people to pity me but lately I feel increasingly disconnected from everyone I used to know when I lived in America. I lived there for 29 years in the same area. I had a lot of friends and family and then I moved to another country. It seems like everyone just forgot about me. I have now lived in Japan for almost 8 years now and no one has ever visited me. No one has even thought about coming to see me. Not even my family. I understand Japan is really far away and it is a big deal to cross the pacific but I was your friend, brother and son. Why does no one care that I am gone?
I come back to the USA about once a year and always try to make plans to meet old friends and tell people months in advance that I am coming but almost no one tries to see me. I don't think people realize how much time, effort and money it takes to go to another country. The other day this guy I know named Erv was visiting where I live in Japan. I have only met the guy twice before but I realized that he took all the time and effort to get out here and if I can't get out just to say hi and have a drink with the guy then I am just as bad. I don't want to make this a big complaining blog but I have lived in Japan for almost 8 years and I have never even received a phone call from anyone outside of Japan. It's like no cared that I left America. That's why I feel like I have less and less of reasons to go back.
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