My Girlfriend misses her family...?

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My girlfriend came to this city to go to college. When she graduated, she got a job offer here that was several dollars per hour more than any other offers, including back home. She decided to stay here and gather some more experience until trying to negotiate a better salary with a company back home. She misses her family VERY much, and her grandmother calls everyday and tells her how much she misses her and asks when she is moving back. 

I can't help with the lonely grandmother, but is there anything I could do to help ease her homesickness?  I was thinking I could take a whole bunch of pictures and then load them onto a digital picture frame and send it to her grandmother, but we really aren't all that serious yet and those things are expensive. She also has free long distance, so a phone card was an idea, but that's out. 

I was trying to come up with some simple yet thoughtful ideas to help her not miss her home so much.

Juventina · Accepted Answer

If you can afford to send her for a visit to see her family I'm sure she'd really love it. Another idea if you can't afford the trip buy her a web cam and microphone and she can stay in touch with her family. Cheap and she can see her family everyday if she wants..

Good luck!!

Butch. · Answer

Your girlfriend has very strong family ties and that is wonderful. But, unfortunately she needs to get a grip on herself to see just what does she want to do. Does she want to go home or, stay there until she is able to land a better paying job at home? Is she so miserable that all she talks about is going home, because she misses everyone so much. It really sounds like you have done everything you could do for her except moving her back home.  I really don't think that is the right thing to do. One person answered if she doesn't live to far from her home maybe you can send her home for a weekend. That will pick up her spirits a little. I really think in time she will be able to cope with being apart the longer she stays away. It might be easier if you had her Grandmother sent to where she lives, maybe she could stay longer than a weekend. Speak to her, and make a few suggestions to her. She is always talking about going home, but maybe she is getting use to being there a little more now. You made a statement that said we aren't all that serious yet. What did you mean by that statement? If you are worried about expenses than probably you won't be able to assist her forgetting about home so much. Well I wish you Good Luck, and I hope your girlfriend can work this out.

Anonymous · Answer

Depending on how far she is from her home town, maybe she can make regular visits 3 or 4 times a year. That would give her something to look forward to and plan for while she is working.

igotrings · Answer

get her things that would remind her of home like there might be a certain food that her parents used to fix for her there might b a certain smell that reminds her of something or if it isn't too far drive her home. and lastly love her

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My Girlfriend misses her family...?

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