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In the 1960’s I recall my Father driving from Indiana to Colorado to Elk hunt.  He would tell my Mother, “ I will see you when I get back”.  Sometimes it would be 10 days and other times it would be 3 weeks.  He never called home a single time.

  My Father did the same AND my Mom was okay with it because she like most women of her age back then were NOT as needy as so many are now.

The ONLY difference when Dad was gone was that I being the oldest son was expected to be the "man" of the house.

There is a reason they call them "The Greatest Generation".