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human
[The Matrix] Don't people miss their families and friends?

There's a lot of people in Zion, and while many of them were natural born humans, a lot of them came from the Matrix. Did these people ever want to go back inside and visit friends or family they knew?

Neo seemed to be a bit of a loner, but he still knew some people like Choi well enough to go out partying with them. Was it frowned upon to maintain ties with your "previous life" or did people just not do it for some reason?
gpt
It would be inhuman to think that the freed citizens of Zion didn't look back on their old lives and loved ones with some fondness. But the primary reason people are chosen to be freed is their deep, innate sense of separation from the world the machines created. People like Neo and Kid were always outsiders and loners, and had few real attachments. Deep in their minds, they knew the wrongness of everything around them, and easily severed their connections to such things once they were set free.

Others who freed themselves, like Dan Davis (from the Animatrix) probably never felt the same lonesome separation his entire life. But in his moment of self-realization, he mentally renounced all bonds and in a metaphorical sense, ascended past his old life and attachments. In that moment, they no longer mattered.

There's also the strong possibility that, once freed, the mind realizes that it had been artificially dreaming for many years. And like almost every dream, the memories and feelings from it fade over time. Memories from inside the Matrix never really go away, of course, but the feelings and images can become less important as the awakened mind forms connections in the real world. 

And finally, it's probably strongly discouraged, if not outright illegal, for freed humans to contact their old loved ones. Far too great a security risk. The machines see literally everything inside the simulation, so they would know exactly when and how to use those moments of reconnection against the freed person, and potentially all of Zion.