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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend is a family therapist. I once mentioned to her that I felt bad for an aunt and uncle (I don't know them very well) because all of her 3 adult kids moved very far away from them. They only see their grandkids once a year or so. My friend immediately said "There's usually a good reason for that." [/quote]

As a child who moved away, there certainty was.

But in their older age I would have welcomed my parents moving closer if they wished, but they were more attached to their house and hometown than they were me or my sibling or their grandchildren. It was sad.[/quote]

I can’t speak for your situation, but it’s not necessarily sad if parents don’t want to move or are not yet ready to move closer to their kids. My parents are the same way and I understand why. They have an established community of friends; they have relatives nearby; they have their own community and life. It would be difficult to move and start all over, making new friends. As long as they are happy and keep themselves busy, I’m happy for them. I have friends whose parents moved to be near them, and because of job changes, their kids needed to move away. That is a headache.[/quote]

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