So when we came to visit last year, I only had a slight taste of what this side of the world was like. I saw only the fun, vacation side of how everything works. There was no laundry because my mother in law and sister in law did it. It wasn't our house, so we didn't have to cook dinner or buy toilet paper.
This time around, we have to worry about how our son is going to deal with being constantly given everything he wants and how to tell nanny that as much as we love her and understand she wants to spoil her first grandchild, it just doesn't work when we are together 24/7. We know she means well, and deserves to have the time with him, but he's always been such a polite boy, and we know what we are doing as parentsm the proof is in his personality.
I knew this would be tough on me. Afterall, I have left everything I know and everyone whom I have relied on my entire life to start this new life here. What I did NOT know or expect, was how hard it would be for Stan to fit back into a family that has functioned in its way without him now for 6 years. They knew him as a single guy who didn't have much to worry about. He had to go to work, but other than that, had very few worries. I have likened it to when I went to college, and came back more independent and grown up. My parents and I butted heads then. Now my poor hubby is not only butting heads himself, but also has to stand by me and my decisions, which people here are not used to.
There are so many beautiful things about this country, and I know I will be so thankful for this adventure, but for now, we are still in the transition period until we can get our own place!
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