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[quote=Anonymous]My parents are on the West Coast and they visit us once a year, and we visit them once every other year.  When we visit them I go alone with the kids; DH does not want to take the vacation time to see them.  We only go every other year because visiting them is not fun; their house has no toys, they don't do anything to prepare for our visit (no suggestions of places to go or things to do), and they live in a small town that has nothing kid-friendly to do other than a library, which we go to every day, and they don't like to leave the house in general, so if we do leave the house it's for an hour or two before they want to come back and watch TV.  Between the 6 hour plane ride and the 2 hour drive to get to their town, and the lack of anything to do there, it doesn't seem reasonable to go every year.

DH's parents live a 10 hour drive away.  We see them more often, usually 3 times a year--we go once a year and they visit here once a year, and we do a joint vacation once a year.  Visiting them is much more pleasant because they have toys at their house, they live in a major city with lots to do, and they're always suggesting fun things for our visit.[/quote]

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