I want your opinion about this "family issue" I want to tell you about an episode that happened last evening, but first I had to do some premises. At the end of the month I'm going to quit my current job and move to another region to start a new job (better, in a bigger company, more remunerated). My boyfriend is making a stage in a company here, but he is considering the possibility to look for a job in the region where I'm going to move. When we told this to his mom, she reacted in a way which surprised me very much. She said she doesn't want we move away from our region, because we have to stay near her and her family, in order to help my boyfriend's parents when they will get older and need our assistance. It seemed to me a very selfish though, beacause she wants to limit his son's freedom and his possibility to get a good job and to build a family where he prefers. Without any doubt, sons must be grateful to their parents for the life they gave them and for every sacrifice parents do for their children. But I think also that everyone has the right to make his own life in the way he chooses and where he wants, and parents shouldn't limit their sons and make them feel guilty for this. I felt very bad about this last evening and I keep thinking about. What do you think? Is it usual in your country that people move far away from their family? Is it right that a mother makes such an emotional blackmail? I will appreciate your corrections but also your opinions on this topic, thanks!