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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another point of view, Op, I think time feels different for folks as they get older. I'm an older person. Sure they miss you. Sure they wish to see you, but, "where has the time gone?" I don't think you see it, and that's ok, but the planning and the sense of urgency that planning requires to make an event actually happens, takes more "umph" than you realize. This, however, is not to say you have to bend to their wishes. Tell them how you need the visiting schedule to work. Trust that they will understand. You may just have to say it a few times for it to sink in (again, an older person's problem)[/quote]

My parents have the “umph” to travel internationally, but lack the “umph” to visit me and their grandkids. They whine about me visiting them though. Know your old people.[/quote]

Well, the difference, which seems to be so lost on Millenials, is that your parents have already spent 20 or so years raising children, often without travel for themselves. They were the ones sitting up with you while you threw up all night, Sure, visiting for a week with the grandkids is fun, but it’s not the same as walking the streets of Vienna, or laying on a beach, especially when they are still often working.

I’m not sure why everyone on here is so ungrateful, especially when they move hours away from family for their own gain. [/quote]

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