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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, PPs are giving you good reasons/advice.

I'll also add that a 5-hr drive is MUCH easier than a 9-hr drive. I can make a 5-hr drive any weekend (my parents live 5 hrs away and we make that trip often so the kids can see grandma and grandpa). A 9-hr drive takes a lot more planning since the drive takes essentially the entire day. That drive is a bear if you're young and healthy. If you're old and in pain, or have failing eyesight or health, you are not going to be able to make that drive. And a plane ride is tough for those on fixed incomes.

Despite this, my siblings live in my parents' hometown and therefore get free care and their kids get more presents/treats/time with my parents. They get more "treats" and time with grandma, but I don't really want to move back to my hometown, so there you have it.

We are a 24-hr trip away from the other set of grandparents so of course they aren't as close to my kids as they are to the cousins who live in the same country as them. They see my kids once a year. We are the ones who reach out for face time/Skype and call on birthdays.

This doesn't bother me -- I'm sort of wondering whether you could work on your feelings instead of being hurt by something you can't change (your in-laws' ages, the distance, the fact they have known your nephews for almost two decades longer, etc). It is what it is. Acceptance of the things you can't change -- and not keeping score -- are key to enjoying life as much as possible.[/quote]

Wise words.[/quote]

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