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Mr, K,

My folks visited me (500 mile trip each way) twice in 15 years. The second time, they had car trouble on the way home and sent me the bill for their car repairs.

Go figure.

(name withheld)

Mr. Knight,

I love your strip and have been reading it in Salon for years. Keep up the good work…

Anyhow, I think I can beat your relatives not visiting story, even though mine doesn’t involve cross-country travel. In 2000 my family moved from the west side of the St. Louis metropolitan area to the east side of the metro, to Belleville, Illinois. It is a grand total of 60 miles, one way. In the ensuing five years my mother has visited TWICE and two sisters and one brother have visited ONCE. When I asked my mother one year why nobody wanted to come to my house for Christmas she replied that “Oh, they couldn’t possibly drive that far…”

After that I’ve never gone to see any of them. eff ‘em.

Regards,

(name withheld)