Hi eliandjax1,
I have some experiences of my own to add to what you’re doing (which I totally approve of, as if it matters LOL!). My late wife and I have two kids. When my daughter was in the first or second grade, we’d purchased a small starter home in an upscale planned community. Everything was fine until my daughter had a birthday party and her friends from school found that her home was half the size of theirs. My daughter was promptly shunned by many of her “friends” at school. A few years later we purchased a much larger golf course home in a premium neighborhood in the same community. The next thing I knew Margot was being invited to every party that came around. I asked her the reason for her new found popularity and she simply said “We moved Dad.” The takeaway from this is, both my kids learned at a young age the difference between friends and acquaintances. BTW both my son and daughter have grown to be well grounded responsible adults who would make any parent proud.
As for my own personal experience, my Dad was a functional alcoholic (probably the result of PTS from his experiences in the 101st Airborne in WWII). Fortunately he wasn’t a mean drunk, but he could never hold a job long and we moved all over the place. Growing up I went to 12 schools in 12 years. I’m now 66 and to this day I have no problem meeting and greeting people, but I have a problem making long-lasting friendships. It simply hurt too much having to leave friends behind when we’d move once again and it’s something I never completely got over.
So there you have it, some food for thought regarding your lifestyle, some tripping hazards, and its potential impact on your children. I hope you find it useful.
Good luck with what you’re doing.
Steve
