family life

When I first started dating my boyfriend I liked that his family was so close. My family has always been small, just my parents & my sister & the rest of my family is across the country & we hardly ever saw them. I liked that I felt like I had a family through my boyfriend. It's been three years now though & sometimes I feel differently. I feel like people should have lives that are separate from their families in a way. Yes, you will always be connected but I think it's only healthy to maintain privacy for yourself. It's still a nice feeling to somewhat belong somewhere but I worry that he'll never leave the nest in a way & that's not something that I want or think is healthy. Maybe it's one of those things where the grass is always greener on the other side & something that I thought was cool turned out to be not as cool as I thought.