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I think you are thinking of that window of time where your kids are "adults", but do not yet have any obligations to a spouse, a spouse's family, or any children.  This is when they are most likely to visit for holidays or bring friends with them.  [b]Now buy yourself a giant beach house, and you may just in fact have visitors quite often![/b][/quote]

I wish my in laws had this. Instead, I am stuck visiting your typical TX rambler in sprawling suburbia where 7 of us (3 adults and 4 kids-my BIL lives there with his 2 teen children) share 1 bathroom because the 2nd one is in the master where grandma sleeps, we all have to share rooms, and the bedroom doors have no locks. Oh, and we are stuck there if the 2 people with cars are working and it isn't walking distance to anything. I am forced to do this for a week every year. By the time we've paid for the ridiculously expensive cost of flying 4 of us, we can't really shell out for a week at a hotel or a rental vehicle. I really dislike the holidays for this reason, but I do it so my husband doesn't divorce me.

My parents come to us. It is so much easier that way.[/quote]

NP. I’m hoping that my kids (teens) don’t move away so we can get together for family dinners with guests driving a short distance back to their own homes. In my opinion our society has gotten too transient, and living near family should be prioritized more. [/quote]

Living near family is an ideal situation for many, but my husband’s family isn’t leaving TX and my family is on the east coast. There was a period when we were going to move to Austin and my parents and my aunt were going to relocate, too, but I am thankful now that this did NOT happen for a thousand different reasons.[/quote]

Once people are spread out, it becomes difficult to undo it. But if your husband had stayed in Texas, and you stayed near family on the East coast and married someone from there, life could have been simpler? As parents age, the distance becomes incredibly more challenging and regrettable. [/quote]

So, wait - you’re suggesting I not fall in love with my husband when he was stationed at Andrews 25 years ago because his family is from TX?

We did talk about these things before committing to each other. He knew he couldn’t stay in the military as I didn’t want to move a family around. He was ok with being on the east coast. Did he get excited when we were talking about moving closer to his family while bringing a little of mine along? Of course. But in the end, he was the one whose job there didn’t work out.

But I can’t go back in time and undo it all just because we can’t get all our family close to us. We visit his once a year and his mom comes here in the summer. We’ve worked it out as best as we can. These were the decisions and compromises we made to be together.[/quote]

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