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[quote=Anonymous]We don't live anywhere near family and it's hard.  My parents decided to retire to a place that's thousands of miles away (Hawaii and I grew up in the midwest), and they made the choice to be away from their only child and only grandchildren and choose location over family.  My in-laws are in Arizona and had no plans to move away from there and we didn't want to move out that way.  My kids are definitely missing out growing up without grandparents around, and holidays are really difficult and lonely.  It's too hard to visit Hawaii more than once every other year given plane ticket cost, the distance, etc.  Almost everyone I know has nearby family to help out and it makes such a difference.  My husband and I are exhausted all the time, never have time to ourselves, and had our first date night when our oldest was 3 because it was so hard to find a reliable babysitter.  I guess you could say we chose this because we didn't want to follow my parents to Hawaii or move back to Arizona to where my husband is from (he had no interest in moving back there).  We have tried to make really good friends but they are busy with their own lives so it's definitely hard.[/quote]

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