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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As grandparents get older they also have a lot more health issues and flying and travel in general, isn’t quite as simple as it seems. [/quote]

Starting to deal with this more now, and it isn’t easy because they still live in my painfully dull and hard to get to hometown. It’s a crowded suburb with terrible traffic and just getting to and from the airport is a major hassle. I wish they had retired to a nice beach town or New England village as they had claimed they wanted to, but it never happened. I have no desire to repeatedly go back to where I grew up, it have no ties there really, but they will never leave at this point. It is what it is and I’m glad I have a sibling near them who also will probably not leave, at least until they pass away. They have money to travel, but they’re getting older and all the talk of meeting halfway somewhere warm and fun for the kids never materialized.

I’m not looking forward to trips to staying overnight in my childhood bedroom. My husband doesn’t like them, doesn’t like visiting them, doesn’t like the town, etc. so I may be on my own at some point once the kids are off to college. [/quote]

On your own in what way? Are you going to make more trips to see them, or are you going to go live with them without your DH?  We will face this same question, and I expect we'll both take visits to spend time with our respective aging parents solo.  [/quote]

Probably visit them without husband and kids but definitely not living with them even if they’re not in a nursing home by then. They can be verbally abusive. Don’t need to put myself in that situation on purpose. I’ll do what I can without going broke unless they offer some funds. [/quote]

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