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           I would like to tell you, OP, about how much I envy your situation. Hear me out, please.

I moved away from home very young from a very rural area. The nearest city is eight hours away from my hometown. Yes, eight. My entire family is a 23 hour drive. My hometown has a small airport and it's expensive to fly into it. I've lived in the DC area for almost 17 years. In that time, I've had my grandparents pass away and I've missed birthday, weddings, divorces, funerals and many Sunday dinners. I miss those Sunday dinners so much. 
  My family very rarely travels or leaves their small town and I often go 2-4 years without seeing them. As of the past six years, I've made it a personal mission to visit every two years. My DH and I are both employed and we often have to pay kennel fees that are outrageous, on top of figuring out schedules for our kids. We will never be able to move back to my hometown because there aren't jobs there and it's too isolated. It makes me sad and lonely. I hate missing out on so much and not having any family here. I dwell on it too much.

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A three hour drive is NOTHING. Wake up Saturday and get in the car by nine. Arrive by noon. Spend the day or the night. Visit family and enjoy dinners together. Please tell your wife I would absolutely love it if my family were only three hours away. I wouldn't move, OP, I would just tell her to visit more. She's not working, so that shouldn't be a problem. [/quote]

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