My sister and I both moved away from our hometown for work and now we're trying to maintain a relationship with our parents who keep guilt-tripping us about never being around, but we also resent each other for not carrying equal weight in the long-distance caregiving. Every family video call turns into this careful dance around who's doing enough and who's failing mom and dad.
More people experience this than they realize.
Distance amplifies the inequities in family emotional labor, creating resentment between siblings who need each other most while managing shared guilt and competing demands.
“Where Are You with Long-distance love?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.