Never lived anywhere else!
By blue65packer
@blue65packer (11826)
United States
May 15, 2009 1:28pm CST
I also know a person who has never moved in his life! He lives in the same house he was born in! The house has been added on a number of times over the years! This person is my 85 year old dad! He was raised on this place which was at one time a farm along with 5 other siblings. When my grandparents retired he took over the farm and the rest is history! I was raised on the farm with 3 siblings. I hope my dad never has to be put in a nursing home! I hope he dies in the place where is was born! I don't know of anyone else who has been able to do this! Anyone else know of someone who is like my dad?
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10 responses
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
15 May 09
wow. I could do that maybe if i had never been anywhere, but having been other places I would never do that. You are missing out on so much. There are lessons to be learned, things to see, experience, do. You can do those staying in one place. You have to move around.
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@jazzsue58 (2666)
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15 May 09
Yes, but if life is perfect for you where you are, why would you want to? Every person should do what their spirit tells them to - if their spirit says, 'Here is just fine for me, then that's great. It means they've found an inner sanctum - no airline on earth can take them there. Personally, I'd like to see Japan, India and Nepal before I die but, if I don't, then I'm pretty happy with having seen Greece, Paris, Lanzarote and Lego Land.
Maybe not Lego Land.
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@derlilaStern (1756)
• United States
15 May 09
My grandfather lived on the same property for all of his life - with one exception. He spent a couple of years overseas with the army during WWII.
I think that is fantastic that your Dad is still living in the same place. I love it when homes are kept in the family! I think it is far more likely to happen with farms. There is definitely a lot of work and sweat that goes into taking care of the farm!
I hope your Dad has many more healthy, happy years in his house!
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@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
17 May 09
Thanks for the nice response! My dad retired from farming in 1988. Over the years the some of the land has had been leased for crop growing. My brothers still hunt for deer on the land in November. It is nice that the farm will stay in the family! Have a nice day!
@swaggalicious (111)
• United States
15 May 09
That is a blessing. I am jealous... to have never moved grow up in the same house. For one your dad saved money and too he is keep what I call a family treasure in the family. I dont too many people like that. My mom moved from the house I was born in and 22 years later I ended up raising a family in that exact house, but thats nothing like your dad.
That would be wonderful for him to die at home in peace. Thats the best way to go. Well good luck with the family.
@agnes6902 (50)
• China
16 May 09
My mom is sixty-four years old.She lives on the same property in all her life.My mom likes this,since here is many friends and many relatives.She can chat with them anywhen.She lead a solitary existence but is seldom lonely.
@holland1234566 (50)
• China
16 May 09
i like to travel around when i am young, but also feel that i will return to the place where i was born after my retirement. The land where a man is born at is always has a magic power to a man.
@choiboii94 (10)
• Australia
16 May 09
my father ;]
our family's been living in the same house for like ages
cant even remember how long lol
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@katprice (806)
• United States
15 May 09
In a way, I really envy that. Some days I wish I still live in the town I grew up in. I know some people who have lived here where I live now, their whole lives and they know everyone. They're always waving to people everywhere they go, and stopping to chat with them.
I haven't moved as often as most people have, but I often think of what it would have been like to stay in the same place forever.
@coolcoder (2018)
• United States
15 May 09
I wish I were like your dad. lol I'd give anything to have been able to stay in the house I grew up in; unfortunately, I was nowhere near the age of 18 when I moved, and therefore, I was involuntarily scooped off to another state and away from everyone and everything I knew.
That said, I've made a promise to myself that should the opportunity arise, I will definitely move out of the city I'm in now, and move somewhere where I can put down some roots. Should I ever have children, I don't want them to have to leave what they've known to go somewhere where they'd be around total strangers.
