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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.

My parents should be moving up our way in the next year or two, and both SO and I are looking forward to it.

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.

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.

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.

@Adira: LOL!

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.

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.

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.

Yes and no.

Yes bc my parents are super helpful and mean well. And I miss my dad's awesome cooking. *drool*

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.