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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents and my in laws have made some strategic decisions that have worked for them - both moved to Florida which has meant Xmas and spring break for us in warm locations and lots of time spent. My in laws also (and I realize this is cost dependent) have taken us on vacation every year …. I also rent a beach house every summer for my entire family … just some ideas![/quote]

Ugh no. My inlaws want to move to Florida and thought it would be so wonderful and we'd visit every holiday- no way. We told them realistically if they move far from us, we'd only be able to come for 5 days, once a year. We just don't have more leave and money. The weird thing is that my retired inlaws don't visit us now and they're local. It's always on us to go see them, but it's a county away which isn't doable on school nights. They don't even visit us when we host holidays, instead they want "their holiday" the next weekend.

What was amazing was parents moving to our zip code. They see us and our kids 2-3x a week, they're there for birthdays, soccer games, they help out on kid sick days, they invite us for dinner often and we have them over too. They help us with our kids a lot and we're helping them too as they age. It's a win all around. [/quote]

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