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[quote=Anonymous]She is being dramatic and unreasonable. I can understand her desire to have her children and grandchildren live close by but she is blind to the difficulties of uprooting your jobs, schools, friends, etc. to relocate. It isn't always so simple or so easy to do so. 
It is just as ridiculous as it would be if you were upset and not talking to her for two months because she refuses to move to DC and be near her daughter and grandchildren. She has a life there, home there, family and friends there. It isn't so simple.

Honestly, I know very few people who still live close to where they grew up or close to their parents. I think it is how things are now. And, she is fortunate enough to be within the same time zone and driving distance. You could be on the west coast!

I would not take on her guilt and her issues.

You can try to explain to her how her behavior is affecting the time you do get to see one another but she sounds unreasonable and probably wouldn't see it that way. You could try visiting more, more Facetime, more phone calls and see if that makes it better? 
Honestly, I really don't think there is anything you can do to improve it. She seems like she wants to wallow in what she can't have.[/quote]

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