Given the nature of Canada's makeup,
I assume most people reading have relatives overseas.
I'm also going to go on a limb here and assume that most people can't afford to go overseas and meet their extended family on a regular basis.
That being said, let's say you do go abroad and it's "close" to your extended family -- do you feel obliged to visit?
My case is I have family in Germany, and it's essentially an unspoken rule that if I'm going anywhere near Germany, I'm going to spend at least a week with family to catch up. Catch up? Catch up with who's dead and who's getting confirmed.
While this has a kind of upside, for example a very comfortable bed in which to stay and food and drink for a King... sometimes you just don't have time to visit all the relatives abroad.
How do you balance this? Just looking for strategies or how this compares with western Europe to Asia for example. I understand Asian families are a lot more demanding.
-jM
A&D
I assume most people reading have relatives overseas.
I'm also going to go on a limb here and assume that most people can't afford to go overseas and meet their extended family on a regular basis.
That being said, let's say you do go abroad and it's "close" to your extended family -- do you feel obliged to visit?
My case is I have family in Germany, and it's essentially an unspoken rule that if I'm going anywhere near Germany, I'm going to spend at least a week with family to catch up. Catch up? Catch up with who's dead and who's getting confirmed.
While this has a kind of upside, for example a very comfortable bed in which to stay and food and drink for a King... sometimes you just don't have time to visit all the relatives abroad.
How do you balance this? Just looking for strategies or how this compares with western Europe to Asia for example. I understand Asian families are a lot more demanding.
-jM
A&D