Does it help when it comes to parenting?
We don't. We live by some of DH's family, and none of mine.
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We live a few miles away from my parents and about an hour from DH's parents. I'm going to be induced tomorrow so I'm not sure if it helps with parenting yet
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Really close to all of my in laws. I don't ask for a lot of help but I'm glad they are all minutes away.
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@autumnlove: yeah I just wish sometimes I had the support of knowing someone's always there (from my side.)
@swedishfish: good luck with everything!
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We are really close to mine and about an hour fom DHs.
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My mom is about 2 1/2 hours away and the IL's are about an hour away. They are always willing to babysit, so it does help once in a while.
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We live close to both of our parents. I get severe migraines so instant help when I have an emergency is a must . Just the other day we called my mom to come over at 12 am because I had to go to the er and she came right over. Without her we would have had to wake lo up and bring her with us.
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We live literally a 2 minute drive from my parent's house. We get together probably twice a week for supper with my sisters and their SOs, and I think it will come in handy once baby is here! DH's parents are about 4 hours away and we see them once a month or so.
We faced a potential move earlier this year but ultimately decided to stay in our current town since it was so close to family and we want LO to grow up around both sets of grandparents
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We are 20 minutes from my parents (and the rest of my family and the majority of DH's). My in-laws are 45 minutes away.
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We are hours away (6, 9, 6, 7.5, 3 days) from any family. We have a great group of friends. But we are definitely looking at moving closer.
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Yes - my in-laws live with us, and my mom is just a 30 min drive away. So grateful to have help!
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No, we're a thousand miles away but we like doing our own thing.
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We live near all of my husband's immediate family and 98% of mine. My mom, stepfather, and teenage little sister live really far away.
We like having everyone nearby. Both of us are very family oriented. My mom is looking into moving closer as soon as her job lets her...I can't wait. She's been missing from family events for almost 10 years now and we definitely feel the void.
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No
all the way across the country
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We live by some of DH immediate family, but they dont help with LO. All of my family lives atleast 4 hours away. I would think it would be good and bad having them closer. You get help when needed but probably more of the unwanted advice too. I do wish we lived closer to my sister or mom and dad. It makes me sad that they dont get to see LO often.
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Five - ten minute walk from mom and sisters. They've been amazing. I only hope I can repay the favor one day. In-laws are a ten minute drive away.
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We are 10 minutes away from my mom, 5 min away from my dad and 25 min away from my in laws. It's proved to be helpful!
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DH and I grew up in the same town and our parents still live there, about an hour away. We just spent the weekend with my parents, but that means we could his family too. I voted yes, but I wish we were even closer. It's too far for routine childcare, etc.
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We live in a different country from any of our relatives. I wish we had a couple family members closer, like my mom. It would be nice for LO, and helpful for us. Definitely miss that part of living back home in the states.
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We're four hours from my fam and about 7 from DH's. Some days it's a good thing; some, it's not. No LO yet, so I am not sure how that will change my answer about whether it's
or Really, though, I'm commenting to say that I love your poll choices. They crack me up.
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Nowhere near family... Most of the time I like it that way. DH and I can live our own life with our son and make whatever decisions we feel are right. But sometimes it would be nice to have the extra support, like when I was struggling with breastfeeding and DH was zero help whatsoever. It does force DH and I to work it out on our own instead of calling in family though, which is probably a good thing. My cousin lives a few minutes from her parents and is constantly running home every time she and her husband fight (and she posts about it all over Facebook) and her mom gets involved and will often have conversations with her husband for her, like telling him he needs to step up and help around the house or not spend so much money or whatever (which my aunt then shares with the rest of the family, so everyone knows everything they argue about). I like being able to just post on HB for advice, rather than having a crapload of family involved.
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Our families live about 3 hours away. So I said close! We just moved here, having lived in Alberta (4 hour plane ride) for the last seven years, so this feels MUCH closer! Double edged sword though....
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My parents live 5 minutes away, and my in-laws live about 25 minutes away. I wish they were more involved in LO's life, but they are busy with their own lives and don't make much time for him. DH and I don't ask for help (mainly because they're always so busy), but I think they want to be needed.
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No:( My family is spread out all over the country. The closest ones to me are a 16 hour drive, at least. DH's parents live 20 minutes away but it's just not the same. 2 out of 3 of my sisters are coming to visit tomorrow for 3 weeks!!!
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Nope. My whole family is in Massachusetts, DH's is in North Carolina and we're in California. My family has so much drama I'm glad they aren't around.
But, being in the military there's always someone willing to help out if you need it since most of us are separated from our families.
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Yup! My parents are a 5 minute walk, everyone else is either a 5-10 min drive or within 2 hours, I love it! Tonight my dad stopped by just to say hi because he could.
(this is a new area for DH and me and my dad and I are super close so it's great!)
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I live 10 minutes from my parents. I can't imagine not living close to them. I don't know how it will effect our parenting but they have already been a huge help and a huge part of DD's life and she isn't even born yet. I know they are going to be a huge help once she is. I am really interested to see how our relationship changes.
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Same here, by DH's fam, but not by mine
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We live very far from everyone. I don't mind so much though. When we do see them, it is usually for longer periods of time (ex. we just recently vacationed with my dad for 3 weeks). Sometimes I think it would be nice to have the convenience of willing grandparents for babysitting/emergencies though. And I don't yet know what we are going to do with LO when our 2nd baby arrives this winter.
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We're completely across the country from any family.
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My family is 3 hours away and hubby's family is 1.5 hours away.
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All my family and much of DHs family lives in a 5 minute radius in the city we grew up in. DH and I moved 3 hours away 3 years ago for a work opportunity
Sucks living so far away, I get really sad when I think about not being able to just stop by my moms for a quick tea/swim/dinner. I don't think we will ever move back though
Maybe one day they will retire up here!
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My ILs are back now and it's nice having someone to ask to go pick her up when she needs to leave daycare. Or even to get a 2 hour date!
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Nope. We're in England, they are back home in Missouri. I really wish they were close by.
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My parents live in the same town, we're a 10 minute drive away now. My ILs live on another continent. I wish we could all be closer, but it just isn't possible.
My dream, when someone asks, is that all the families can move to a new, third location so we can all be near each other, lol.
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@zippylef: Whereabouts in MO? That's where I grew up!
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@lamariniere: St Louis.
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Yup! We live within 20 mins of my parents & my ILs. I'd love to live within walking distance of my parents & about an hour from my ILs (involving highway driving, since they don't drive on highways). My parents have suggested we move further from my ILs and that they'd likely follow.
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We live about 20mins away from my parents. LO isn't here yet, but hopefully having them close by will be really helpful.
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We live about 10-15 minutes from each set of parents. It's helpful, because my mom or MIL will swing by and pick up DS for a day. My mom often lets him stay the night at their house. I don't let him sleep at MIL's house because they're smokers, but I let her take him on outings.
all the way across the country
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