Post-vacation thoughts on moving back to India, anyone else feel this pull?
Family of 3 - 33M, 30F (GC holders), 3Y (USC). We’re originally from a Tier 1 city in India.
We recently took a vacation to India to attend a family event, and it was wonderful reconnecting with relatives and friends after missing so many milestones as NRIs. It’s really got us thinking about moving back - to spend time with our aging parents and let our kid grow up surrounded by family instead of in isolation.
What really struck a chord: our kid didn’t recognize most of our relatives and wasn’t comfortable engaging with my and my wife’s siblings, their kids, or even our own parents(though we made frequent video calls). That hit hard and made us question whether staying abroad is really worth it.
Of course, there are real benefits to life in the US - good air, a strong lifestyle, world-class infrastructure. But our hearts keep pulling us back to India, to spend the rest of our lives there and raise our kid within the extended family.
Curious if others feel this “reverse pull” after a vacation home, and how you’ve dealt with your kids missing out on time with close family.