https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 21:20:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369879 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:46:43 +0000 snowjewelz 1369879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents live an hour away and I wish they're closer! I'm hoping once we have kids they will move closer... :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369847 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:40:45 +0000 Alivoo01 1369847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and no.</p> <p>Yes bc my parents are super helpful and mean well. And I miss my dad's awesome cooking. *drool*</p> <p>No bc my parents well meaning can be annoying/overwhelming sometimes. They constantly question why I do a certain thing or wonder why DS isn't doing this or that yet or why he got sick, etc. So the distance allows me to field this and give me some sanity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369610 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:40:47 +0000 .twist. 1369610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, both of our parents live 5-10 minutes away from us. That is close enough thankyouverymuch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369601 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:37:50 +0000 psw27 1369601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I definitely wish my parents (and MIL) were closer. Especially once we have a LO. We have no family in our current state, so I know that will be tough as LO grows up. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369556 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:26:35 +0000 Weagle 1369556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! My parents are awesome! We're considering a love back to my home state in a few years. It will still be several hours away, but much closer than we are now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369554 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:26:16 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1369554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish that my mother lived closer. She decided to move 1,000 miles away several months before I got pregnant. Thanks, Mom! My in-laws help my BIL and his wife a lot. They would never move closer to us, and I don't want to live where they are. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369541 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:23:28 +0000 mrs. wagon 1369541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do!! I actually stayed close to my parents my entire life, and when I was 28 they finally moved away from ME. For my dad's job. I'm still in the state I grew up in...!! </p> <p>I am hoping they will move back when they retire, and they have talked about it extensively, but it won't be for another 5 years or so. By then my kids will be 9 and 6 (yikes!). Kinda sad but at least they might be here permanently.</p> <p>My ideal would be for my parents to live about 30 mins away from me and my MIL to live 1.5-2 hours away from me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369522 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:19:30 +0000 Smurfette 1369522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: LOL!</p> <p>Yes! My parents are 45 mins away but I wish it was closer so we could borrow their truck when we need too and so they could stop in and see R more. Now it is like a day thing. Or if they babysit I feel like we need to get home early cause they have a far drive home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369511 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:17:49 +0000 mrs. 64 1369511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom lives less than a mile away and I love it. I walked there in the snow yesterday. I used to live about 2 hours away and it was okay but when my parents had cancer I realized I never wanted to be that far. I'm glad I'm close by now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369492 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:13:37 +0000 kjpugs 1369492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, 100% wish we were closer to my parents. Since having LO it's only gotten "worse." My mom - and extended family- all live in NJ and would all do a lot of babysitting and visiting. The only reason we're still in FL and not there is because of how hard it is to move from a more affordable city to a really expensive place to live. We still hope to make the move in the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369485 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:11:20 +0000 Happygal 1369485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm only two hours away, but I wish I lived in the same town as them. They travel a lot, would never stop by unannounced, and are positive people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369473 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:07:11 +0000 littlebug 1369473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of our parents are still in our hometown, which is 1.5 hours away. It's not far, but it's far enough that we can't just have an impromptu date night and call on one of the grandparents to come babysit. We are very seriously considering moving back to our hometown, since ALL of our family are there now, including our siblings and their kids. I am trying to stand firm, though, on a 20-30 minute buffer zone between us and the grandparents, though (especially his parents) to avoid the dreaded "we were in the neighborhood and thought we'd drop by!" But that's going to be a tough battle, I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369470 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:06:36 +0000 Mamasig 1369470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom and sister live about 15 minutes away which is awesome. My mom takes care of DS while I work and he'll have sleepovers at their house. Now if only my in-laws lived that close too then it would be perfect! They are about an hour away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369442 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:57:56 +0000 regberadaisy 1369442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, my mom is super grandma. If we lived close to my mom she would watch our LO(s) while we're at work. She'll cook us so much yummy food, always be available to babysit, watch overnight, etc etc. I wish all the time that we lived closer to her. I'll be lying if I said I don't sometimes regret our decision to raise our kids in our current city because we're so far from my mom. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369429 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:54:27 +0000 bookwormmama 1369429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I live about 4 hours from my parents (and extended family) currently. It's not a terrible drive, but I do wish it were a little closer. I don't want to be in the same town as my parents, but I would like to be around 1-2 hours away so I could see my family and use my mom's help more often. We will be moving within the next year (DH's Ph.D program will be done) and are hoping for Milwaukee or Chicago area because that will put is about 1-1.5 hours away.</p> <p>My in-laws live in North Carolina which is a 16 hour drive. We usually drive so we can bring our dog. I really love it out there and I think I would love living out there, but it would be hard to be so far from my family. I kinda hope my in-laws will move close to us when my FIL retires, but they love NC so I'm not sure that will happen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents/page/2#post-1369408 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:49:53 +0000 Synchronicity 1369408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are an hour away from both of our parents, and I miss mine so much! We don't have much free time to go home to see them, so it has become a once every couple of months thing, which does not work for me. </p> <p>My parents should be moving up our way in the next year or two, and both SO and I are looking forward to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369350 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:32:52 +0000 LovelyPlum 1369350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a day yesterday where I missed my family so much. They're not that far away, relatively speaking (200 miles), but it still takes a little planning to get there. </p> <p>I would like it if we were closer (say, an hour or so), or even in the same town, but I do like some space. It's just hard when you need your mama :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369340 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:29:14 +0000 however briefly 1369340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have lived halfway across the world from my parents for ten years now and go through cycles where I wish we lived closer so I could spend holidays with them and go camping together or whatever but then one or both of them come out to visit for a month and I get so annoyed and frustrated, I realize the reason we have such a positive relationship is solely due to the distance! I love my parents but they drive me absolutely insane! </p> <p>We are moving MUCH closer in a couple of months (like a few states away) and even though we will not be within easy distance, I am getting a little nervous. My mom just emailed me saying, "I can't wait until you are living in the US again so I can call you all the time and we can talk instead of having to type up emails." A shudder actually passed through me at those words. I bet you anything she'll be calling every single day, like she used to do to my sister until my sister began ducking her calls and avoiding her. LOL, this should be interesting :)</p> <p>It's funny because we originally thought we would be moving closer to my in-laws on the other side of the US and my only stipulation to my husband was that we had to find a house that was about 45 minutes to an hour away from his parents. Close enough for weekend get togethers and the occasional dinner, but too far for random drop bys without calling ahead of time (like my SIL says our MIL does to her all the time to visit my niece). </p> <p>I kinda feel horrible for admitting all of that but honestly, I have a fabulous relationship with my parents and my in-laws as well as BIL, SIL, and my sister, etc and I really do think the reason why is because of the physical distance we have had because it seems like we're the only ones who get along with everyone, LOL.</p> <p>I have the upmost respect for all of you who live extremely close to their family and have a great relationship with them. I am amazed and slightly jealous :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369304 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:12:21 +0000 loveisstrange 1369304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Yeah, mid-April. :) We definitely need to! I want to meet E! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369257 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:45:01 +0000 Adira 1369257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents live an hour away. I wish it was only 30 minutes because I feel bad when I need them to come over for some reason (like bringing a ladder to change the batteries of my smoke detector because I'm a moron who didn't own a ladder). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369242 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:39:17 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1369242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I love my mom, but it works out best for us to live farther away from each other. We Skype often though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369229 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:33:21 +0000 illumina 1369229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No! But then we only live 25mins drive/10 miles away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369228 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:33:15 +0000 MapleMoose 1369228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They live 5 minutes away in the same town. If we lived any closer I'd be in their backyard lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369216 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:19:16 +0000 Cherrybee 1369216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: OMG, are you going home in a couple of months?? We still haven't met up again - we must fit it in before you go!!! </p> <p>My mum lives a forty five minute walk away (it's about a 5 minute drive) and my inlaws are 8 miles away - we can be there in 10 minutes in the car. I do wish they lived closer, though! I can't believe I'm actually saying that!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369214 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:13:42 +0000 babycanuck 1369214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents are about an hour away and I desperately want to move closer to them in my hometown. Unfortunately we can't afford it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369212 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:12:26 +0000 looch 1369212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my parents are retired and live in the same town as we do. I never cared about bring close to them before my son was born, honestly, but they help a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369204 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:05:13 +0000 Charm54 1369204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents live about a 2 min drive away and it is the best.thing.ever. My mom is amazing and helps us out so much. My dad loves dd an insane amount. </p> <p>We are so spoiled but will likely have to move away within the next 5 years for Dhs job and it makes me sad to think about :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369200 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 06:53:32 +0000 Dandelion 1369200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All parents live abput 10 minutes away and it works out well. We're going to eventually move about an hour from here but it won't make much difference. They'll still come see us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369189 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 06:32:42 +0000 ElbieKay 1369189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my parents and my MIL are about 45 minutes from us, in opposite directions. To be honest I am not that close to my parents -- they are a little overbearing and I am unable to relax around them so it is stressful to hang out with them -- so I would not want to be closer. I am glad that I can see them for a meal and leave though. I wouldn't be able to handle an extended overnight visit without losing it.</p> <p>I wish I could get a better handle on why I react to them so strongly. I am 35.5 weeks pregnant and have really been avoiding them (and most other people too) during my pregnancy. I just don't want to hear their opinions and advice and am too hormonal to be objective about it. Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wish-you-lived-closer-to-your-parents#post-1369171 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:57:55 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1369171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. We are 3 hours away. I'd take walking distance if I could! </p>