See, I could never extrapolate that from "go to the police department and say you're not missing." Which brings me back to my point of, I need more information/ideally some type of expected script. To give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe they're just familiar and gave that explanation not realizing that not everyone is familiar with that stuff. I know I can unintentionally be that way with communication for things I'm familiar with that others may not be. Anyway, thanks for the insight.

These people are casually saying "just do x" and I have no idea how to envision that without it being some weird awkward scenario. Maybe they're right but I'm gonna need a script or something to take this advice.

How does one go about that? Go to the local police station and say "I got a new job far away and I'm moving without letting family know. So if there's any missing persons report on my name, know I just moved"?