Before I start elaborating on this post, you guys need to understand that I am NOT GENERALIZING. If you are different from what I had elaborated in this article, good for you, you are by miles better than the handful of us who faced or still facing this problem. The purpose of this post is to let some people realize this as early as possible.

Ever wondered why some families are so loving when they are together and some other families quarrel whenever they get together? Especially towards their parents?

Of course, there are tonnes of factors that might affect the outcome of a family get-together. But there is one factor that majority of us had experienced before. I believe a many of us know the reason why quarrels happen in a family as well. It’s quite simple actually, the reason is the lack of absence.

Like the title suggests, absence makes the heart grow fonder. What you understand from the idiom is what it meant. A simple example is myself. I am sort of a person of my own principle, and I had a principle which I always abide to it, which is “If you are wrong, you deserve to listen to others’ opinion”. So, if my parents are wrong (well, everybody makes mistakes), I assume full rights and I’d go as far as yelling at them. I’d even had a cold war with my mom back in high school for a week. Recalling that memory was sad.

After studying in Kuala Lumpur for 2 years and only met my parents like for less than 50 days every year. I realized this I’m proud to say that I’ve grown fonder towards them even more! I’m not saying I don’t quarrel with them at all, I sometimes still do, but fewer. Now I can literally feel the love towards them since I reached Australia.

I have also witnessed some people … I am not mentioning names, who has been living with their parents for the their whole life. It’s interesting if you are looking from my angle. When they need things done, they will pur like a cat to their parents. But when their parents are giving them advices (parents nag sometimes) … well, you guessed it, they do all the crappy stuff like I did before. I am not saying they are bad, they are wonderful people.

By the way, I’m not jumping into conclusions here. I have a few friends or my brothers could agree that when your parents are not around to guide you(absence), then you will start to love them.

If you have any different opinions on this, I welcome you to comment below. Thanks for reading.
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