Am I Letting My Family Down By Living Far Away?

Dear Millennial With Megan Tan

Megan Tan

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Megan is joined by her mom, Susan Tan, as they tackle a letter from a listener grappling with the emotional weight of living far from family. Amor, a millennial who moved from Los Angeles to New York City, shares her struggles with the guilt and the challenges of maintaining close family ties while pursuing her dreams. Discover insights on how to grow independently and maintain a long distance relationship with family. Dear Millennial is an independent production. To support the show subscribe to our Pateron! Just go to: http://Patreon.com/DearMillennial. If you have a question you want to submit, email Megan at [email protected] or call +1 (442) 444-0756‬ and leave a voicemail. Instagram: @meganleetan and the show @millennialpodcast. Dear Millennial is a Tan Lines production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Players of People's Post Code Lottery have raised over 1.4 billion pounds for good causes,
0:06.0	helping deliver good news for charities like Battersea.
0:09.0	Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust.
0:11.0	Thank you!
0:12.0	Trussle, ending hunger together, and riding for the Disabled Association.
0:17.0	See, even Bobby says thanks.
0:20.0	Because what the world needs now is you.
0:23.0	PPL manages lotteries for 20 charities,
0:25.0	a minimum of 33% of each ticket price goes to charity,
0:27.0	not available in Northern Ireland conditions apply 18 plus.
0:30.0	I'm not dressed appropriately, I just put on this like not my best color.
0:37.0	Oh my God, all the sudden she's becoming so conscious.
0:42.0	I don't even know what you guys are going to ask me.
0:47.0	Don't you like living on the edge?
0:50.0	Yeah, I've been living on the edge forever.
0:55.0	Today, we're living on the edge of a question that comes from someone that both of us know.
1:00.0	Dear millennial, when I moved to New York City five years ago, I was the first and only member of my immediate family to leave Los Angeles and live a plane flight away.
1:10.0	Growing up, our small family knitted themselves to each other.
1:14.0	My belief that moved in with my mom and me, my cousin stayed with us every weekend.
1:19.0	So each week, our small apartment was full, cozy, and brimming with love. But for as long as I can remember,
1:26.2	I wanted to move to New York. There was a mystical quality to New York City that I think draws
1:30.9	a lot of California kids at least.
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