The Joint Family
A few more axial rotations from our due month (November is literally torrow--today is Halloween!), my hubby and I have been thinking long and hard about a joint family. A joint family is when multiple generations live together under one roof. They're very common in India (other countries as well!). Since it's a question I'm frequently asked, I decided I'd chronicle our journey here. We haven't decided 100%, but it's all looking like a tentative, wildly exciting "go" right now. Because there's no decision, I'll outline our main reasons for considering it. Familial bonding My biological family is not really involved with our kids. As a result, the kids miss out on time with cousins, aunts, uncles, et cetera. It's very difficult to balance creating memories with explaining why we don't have the same family structure as others. (My file is largely estranged due to cliquey-ness and petty reasons; his family lives in Sri Lanka and NYC.) ...