My childhood friends and I all stayed in our hometown and we used to make fun of people who 'never left' but now we're those people and when we hang out there's this weird undercurrent of judgment about whether we're settling or being authentic to our roots. None of us talks about it directly but it's always there.
More people experience this than they realize.
The stories friends tell themselves about their shared choices can become a prison that no one knows how to escape.
“Where Are You with Forgiving parents?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.