DEAR HARRIETTE: When I was applying for jobs after college, I said I was open to positions all over the United States.

I ended up getting an amazing offer, and I moved away from home and my family. I didn’t think it was a big deal since I had gone away for college.

It’s been three years since I moved, and I know my family’s preference is for me to be in my hometown. For the past few years, I assumed that is just how most parents are when their kid moves away, but it’s beginning to bother me.

I went back home to visit this summer, and my mother admitted that she still hasn’t “forgiven” me for moving away. I think she thought her transparency would make me more sympathetic to her feelings, but it only made me angry.

It’s hard enough starting over in a new place all alone. Why is my mom t

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