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As Duke Ellington sang many years ago and several others have since I don’t get around much anymore. Actually, on behalf of my entire family, we don't get around much anymore.
As some background, how much my family and I generally travel in comparison with others is entirely dependent on the other family’s socioeconomic status, employment, and the like. While the vast majority of blue-collar workers do not travel so much, those who drive trucks for a living might be in multiple states on a weekly basis.
I have a brother and a sister who both travel far more extensively than my wife, kids and I do, but I also have a blue-collar brother- and sister-in-law in Wisconsin who rarely leave that state.
So whether you think that I and my core family travel a lot or very little likely depends on your own lifestyle and traveling tendencies.
One thing that I can tell you for sure is that none of us get around much anymore.
I am generally very protective of my privacy and urge my children to be mindful of theirs as well.
Our daughter, being sixteen years of age and just weeks away from turning seventeen, is a highly popular, well-liked, and high-achieving Generation Z teenager. Her posts on Instagram, TikTok, and whatever other platform is popular among her cohort, garner…
