https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:29:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2330736 Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:25:46 +0000 NCSUchick27 2330736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, my parents live 7 hours away, and my in-laws live 5 hours away. It sucks.😕 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329449 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:26:16 +0000 MrsH 2329449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>45 minute drive for the in laws. 30 seconds for my mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329420 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:10:26 +0000 lawbee11 2329420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents live 30 minutes away. My ILs are out of state, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329417 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:09:23 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2329417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My in-laws are in town, but my family is ten hours away. I so wish it were the other way around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329335 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:12:38 +0000 littlejoy 2329335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have no family close by ... which is okay, because we have our "Oregon Family" of friends, which is sometimes much better than real family. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329332 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:07:50 +0000 Ginabean3 2329332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes....my mother lives 2 hours away (but hates driving so usually of we see her it's at her house), my sister is 1 hour away, my in-laws are 1 hour away with no traffic, and I have a sister/brother in law who are 10 min away...</p> <p>It bums me out though because the people 10 min away are not good babysitters. Not that that's what I would only use them for, we hang out all the time but they are childless and set in their ways and they are not good/reliable babysitters (their words, not mine). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329327 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:03:56 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2329327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents, sister and all my family live a 19hr (minimum) flight away. Its tough sometimes but FaceTime has made it easier!<br /> My MIL and SIL live in the same city as us - so does FIL, but we don't have contact. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329319 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:57:27 +0000 AngelicOne 2329319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, we're in AZ &amp; the IL's are in MN &amp; my family is in SC. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329306 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:38:12 +0000 travellingbee 2329306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes my parents moved close to us (40 minutes) some years ago and my brother and his family are like 10 minutes away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329295 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:28:41 +0000 Littlebit7 2329295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. 7 (or 10? Ha) hour drive along 95 for both sets of parents. Extended family more like 11 hours or cross country. At least my in laws live in the states now; they used to be in Australia. Now that LO is getting older we are feeling that distance. When we were DINKs, we were all " wahooo no boring family obligations due to the distance". Now we are all "gah why can't our parents live closer life would be so much easier" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329289 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:22:31 +0000 chopsuey 2329289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No :( mine live 4/5hrs away by plane. Inlaws live 2hrs away by plane </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329279 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:15:58 +0000 erinpye 2329279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My in-laws do, but my family members are in other states. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329254 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:42:11 +0000 BabyMats 2329254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents are on the other side of the ocean and my MIL lives in the next room </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329137 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:16:32 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2329137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They all live 3 hours away. </p> <p>Oh. Except my dads moving about 20 minutes away from me next week. I forgot! Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329133 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:12:36 +0000 sapphire 2329133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mr parents are 40 mins away and my ILs are 20 min. Both about perfect distance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby/page/2#post-2329082 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:46:58 +0000 Ree723 2329082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do now, for the first time in our married lives, and I LOVE it! We moved back to England last year, and DH's parents moved back here from Australia about six months ago. They live ten minutes up the road from us and it is fantastic. </p> <p>My mom is also retired and flies over from the States for 6 week visits every few months. We absolutely love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2329076 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:43:04 +0000 Anagram 2329076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Inlaws live about 8 hours away and my mom lives 15 hours south. My siblings are really scattered but none are close. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2329054 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:28:59 +0000 Alivoo01 2329054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: oh. Well then, yes! lol</p> <p>Even though they live 1.5 hours away, we don't see them very often. Boo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2329048 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:24:33 +0000 mrsjyw 2329048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! My parents are 10 min away, inlaws 20 min drive! They're the main reasons we choose to stay here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2329035 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:16:09 +0000 mrs. wagon 2329035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, my parents are about 7 hours away and my MIL is 4 hours away. MIL is moving here next year though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2329033 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:15:18 +0000 rattles 2329033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We relocated last year and being near my family was the main reason. It's the first time since high school I've lived in the same state as any of my family! I really miss my inlaws though. They live across the country from us now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2329019 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:09:09 +0000 BandDmommy 2329019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bushelandapeck: I'd say that's close. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2329016 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:08:34 +0000 BandDmommy 2329016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: hahaha, I'd say that's close. My parents are 8 hours away now and moving to about an hour or so away. I guess because I live in a suburb of a very large city anything around an hour feels close. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2328999 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:01:03 +0000 reverie 2328999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ummm close-ish. my parents are 1.25 hours away which is fine with me most of the time. Now that I'm pregnant with number two I wish they were closer b/c I don't have someone to leave the baby with if there is an emergency with this pregnancy eeek. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2328991 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:58:17 +0000 mrsrain 2328991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister is about 1.5 hours away, and my BIL and his wife are about 2 hours away. Considerably closer than our parents and extended families! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2328953 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:31:52 +0000 Alivoo01 2328953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. My in laws live 1.5 hours away while my family lives 3 hours away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2328949 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:29:44 +0000 erinbaderin 2328949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents are about 3.5 hours away, but they have no problem with the drive and come down pretty routinely, which is convenient because it lets us go out for dinner/a movie every so often. My in-laws live in England, so we only see them in person once or twice a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2328945 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:28:31 +0000 BandDmommy 2328945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: My mom is retiring (again!) and that was the push she needed to move back to the area. They moved to Savannah, GA because of all the amenities (golf, tennis, boating, etc) but once they got there my mom got really homesick and wants to be around her grandkids. There is tennis, golf, boating, etc around here so no reason they can't find a similar community closer to their grandkids. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2328943 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:28:10 +0000 autumnlove 2328943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of my in laws but we don't see each other a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-family-that-live-nearby#post-2328937 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:25:53 +0000 Truth Bombs 2328937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. All of our family is a plane ride away. I'm trying to get my parents to move here when my mom retires in a couple years. </p>