I'm sorry you felt that way, and thank you for your candor, Eric. It does seem to me also that there's a wealth of little "unimportant" moments you miss, in-jokes, references, shared moments that seem insignificant. I see what you mean about being pushed out of your comfort zone, and in some ways, I see moving (and writing) having a similar relationship for me.

You know, it's strange, if you had stayed, you wouldn't think nearly as much "what if I'd gone", or I don't think most people would, because there's a certain obviousness to staying, you know? Like this is where I expected to be anyhow, so sure, I didn't pursue my youthful dream and move wherever, but it's not such a shock as actually leaving. Very weird that.

Thank you for sharing with me, I really appreciate that :)