American Family Theory

Growing up you are cuddled by your family and made to feel that they will always be there for you no matter what. Why is it that as soon as you hit a snag in life that they are the first to abandon you? Have you ever lost your job and almost lost your house? Have you ever asked your family for help and their first reply is, "if only you had asked a week ago!" Have you ever had your family turn on you over an inheritance? How about over how your mother or father should be treated or not treated for an ailment? How is it that the people closest to us are the first to stab us in the back when we need them the most? Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have an answer for you if you care to listen.

Up until a hundred or so years ago, a man or woman was born into a family and lived in relative proximity to them for there entire lives. They were born and they died in the same town, with a few exceptions. There were families that were broken because part of it immigrated to another country. Once the new settlers found a place to settle, they stuck together in their new home. They may have moved a few miles away, but for the most part, they went to the same churches, went to the same schools and helped each other in all things, not just in crises. If you go back to Europe, you will find that the families that stayed behind, live much in the same way as they always did.