Anonymous wrote:The downside is that, living that far away, her visits may last one to two weeks when they do happen!
Or you'll have to use that much vacation time to go visit them and haul your children to Europe!
I think from what you have described, though, better far away than next door….
This! My MIL does live in the EU, last year she visited us for Chrismas, she stayed 3 weeks! My parents live 3 hours away, but if you add the actual number of days I see them vs MIL, i see MIL more because the visits are excruciating long.