Quote Originally Posted by badger View Post
I went to 6 different schools between grades 1-12. I would say it really affected my ability to make friends. By the time I got to highschool, I had pretty much just given up; it was so hard to keep making and losing friends.
That's nothing, Badger! From Kindergarden through the 8th grade, I was in 14 different schools. Stayed in the same high school all through, despite moving at least three or four times.

By the time I was 30, I had moved 30 times. Mostly southwestern Ontario (Mississauga, Cambridge, Waterloo, Kitchener), but also Calgary and Edmonton.

Fifteen years ago, I moved to the US. I have moved 3 times since being here, but have lived in our current house for 14 years - the longest I have EVER lived ANYWHERE, by triple! I have told my DH that the only way I am leaving this house is in a pine box .

I think moving so much certainly impacted who I am. I make friends easily (despite telling my parents in the 3rd grade that I was never making friends again), and am far from awkward in any social situations. Unfortunately,, my younger brother was impacted more negatively by all the moving...

And no - we weren't a military family!

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