dmarc117 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 discuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Simply put, we used to live 1/2 hour from our families and realized that having them show up unannounced after and all night kegger just wasn't a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Simply put, we used to live 1/2 hour from our families and realized that having them show up unannounced after and all night kegger just wasn't a good idea. +1 Surprise visits are no fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 We grew up 3 miles apart and live 60+ miles from nearest relative. That might seem far to ya'll but hillbilly inbreeders consider that Amelia Earhardt type traveling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 i am from SF wife is from littleton live in the mountains about an hour from her parents. we are pretty happy. we go back to sf several times a year and could easily move back. strong attractions for each area for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawks21 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 There are many dynamics at hand here in my case. Hopefully my wife can finally come back to Seattle from the Philippines in about two months. We'll be pretty close to my family, couldn't get much further away from hers. Not sure how happy she is going to be. I'm anticipating a few months of terrible homesickness. After that, I think she'll be happy here. It isn't 95 degrees with 2000% humidity every day and the poverty rate is just a little higher. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoTheWebToedBoy Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 My wife and I grew up in the same town (Richmond,CA). I met her when I moved in across the street. Funny, I had known 2 of her older sisters for years before I met her. I left town at 18, and she married me a year later. That was 36 years ago this Sunday. The closest we every managed to get was Victorville,CA. About 400 or so miles away. Both of our parents are gone, but we still have a brother and sister living around the Bay Area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 the third question of your poll misses an option of where both spouses live away from family and one person is happy and the other is not (thankfully in my case, both of us are reasonably happy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 (edited) we live in the denver area, where I grew up and most of my family still lives. my dad and his wife live in texas. wife's folks live in the chicago area. they're a little high-maintenance, whereas my mom is one of the easiest people in the world to be around. so I think we're both pretty happy with the current arrangement. though her parents are batting around the idea of moving out here to be close to the grandkid. Edited June 12, 2010 by Azazello1313 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 We recently moved away from all family and I don't hate it. My wife is still having kind of a hard time because so much if her life was left there and she is close to her sisters. Still she's making many friends here already and I'm sure she'll be quite happy in a few months. I'm perfectly happy wherever I go as long as my wife and kids are with me. I'll miss being close to my mom and dad, siblings and nieces & nephews, but it's really nice to not have family obligations nearly every weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Lived far far away from both our immediate family's for 5 years.....now we live about 2-3 hours away from our immediate family and it is convenient and inconvenient at the same time with a 5 year old son. Everyone in our family circle, in laws and what not, get along exceedingly well to very well. My wife's brother is also married and we do backpack trips and hit Hollywood and Vegas excursions routinely together. Both families vacation together, we hit Maui at Christmas. Had the whole clan up at my house a few weeks ago. Boundary Bay Brewery at noon and my 80 year old dad was breaking my BBQ and falling off the deck by 3 in the afternoon. I expect nothing less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 I'm from SoCal, family still lives there (and some family in Chicago). Wife and her family from Baton Rouge area. We live in Austin. 8 hours from Baton Rouge. We used to go back to BR every few months but work limits that now. Used to go back to Cali quite a bit, but lack of work has all but stopped that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheikYerbuti Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 The Sheikette and I had parallel lives before we met. She was born in Staten Island, I was born in Brooklyn. She grew up in Old Bridge, I grew up in Freehold. We met in Atlantic City. As for parents, we live about 10 miles from her parents and about 1000 miles from my parents, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 I'm from Cali, she from Cinci. We now live in NC with the closest of either of our families being her dad in Tampa. My parents divorced, both live in Oregon. We moved east because I've never minded moving to new places and she wanted to move east. Both of us are happy here and it's good that we're relatively close to her dad (compared to my folks) because she's much closer to her family. In fact, when my folks come for a visit, I often jokingly explain that my wife's in-laws are coming to town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 There are many dynamics at hand here in my case. Hopefully my wife can finally come back to Seattle from the Philippines in about two months. We'll be pretty close to my family, couldn't get much further away from hers. Not sure how happy she is going to be. I'm anticipating a few months of terrible homesickness. After that, I think she'll be happy here. It isn't 95 degrees with 2000% humidity every day and the poverty rate is just a little higher. We'll see. My little brother's wife is Korean. She now lives in Sherman, Texas which is about 20 minutes from our parents house out on the lake. There was a big effort on everyone's part when she got here to make he feel like part of the family. She's a nurse and went and got a job at the local hospital and made friends. He has a phone plan with excellent international rates. She's been here about three years and they've got my niece. Evertime they save money for a vacation to Korea she finds "better" things to spend the money on. Now she's a tough one. She burnt some blackend trout once. We threw ours away. She plugged her nose and ate it all. Says a lot about that girl on many levels. Good luck I hope everything works out for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 discuss Interesting poll...what's the resaon behind it marc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Interesting poll...what's the resaon behind it marc? He is contemplating moving to another part of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted June 15, 2010 Author Share Posted June 15, 2010 Interesting poll...what's the resaon behind it marc? He is contemplating moving to another part of the country. wife is getting the bug again. wants to move back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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