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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on the kid. When my son went away, he was a five hour plane ride.  For his freshman year we agreed somebody would visit once a month or he'd come home.  But he'd get to see family once a month, somehow.  He was not sure he'd stay at that college through his freshman year, then all four years, etc.  Now he is in med school there.  For sophomore year he was open to it being every other month. After that it was every 2-3 months.  But we FaceTime and/or text daily.  He's a mama's boy.

When my daughter went to school she was also a five hour plane ride away.  She was an hour away from DS.  So if we visited one, obviously we visited the other.  I think they saw each other once or twice a month separate from us visiting our son. She would have been fine leaving at the end of August, coming home for Thanksgiving, then winter break, then spring break, then summer.  MAYYYYYBE she would have wanted a visit around February?

We're a close family though. This is unusual.[/quote]

And a wealthy one too, apparently.  How much did you spend on plane fare every year if you don't mind sharing?  It sounds like you bought what, ten, plane tickets to the West Coast?  So probably about an additional seven thousand dollars in addition to tuition and room and board?  Wow![/quote]

Hey, we talked him down from every other weekend.  Actually we pointed out that if that's what he needed to thrive than a college across the country was the wrong choice for him.  Yes, it was a lot of money.  Totally worth it. [/quote]

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