Amira Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Both sets of dh’s parents and my parents live with 45 miles of each other. We, however, live on the other side of the planet, but at least it’s easy to visit everyone when we’re in the US. I would be shocked if any of them moved from the state they live in. It would be fun to live near my sisters, but since they are in four different states, that’s not really possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 My parents and inlaws live in the same small town dh and I grew up in. I'm not even sure, I'd say less than a 10 min drive? Dh and I live about 30 minutes from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganrussell Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 My husband and I were raised five miles apart. Now my parents, his parents, and our family live in about a five Mile radius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 We live 20-30 minutes away from my DH's parents. DH's brothers live about 4 hours away (by car). My sister lives 2,000 miles away from us. My dad currently lives about 1,000 miles away, but that will be changing shortly. He's moving to a retirement community very close to us. Both sides of the family moved around over the decades. DH's immediate family settled here, but only after shifting about between a number of states when the kids were younger. On my side we moved around a bit over the years, and continued to do so after us kids got through college. We make a road trip each year to visit DH's grandmothers (both mid- to latter-90s now, so time is precious) and various other family and friends as we can fit in. I do love the fact that our kids have had the chance to get to know their great-grandmothers and have memories of when they were more mobile and independent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Have been in Illinois since marriage. All my family is/was in S. California. Hubby's folks and some of his five siblings within an hour of us here for years. Now in-laws have passed and all but one of his siblings have moved out of state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbelle Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 DH is from Canada, and All his family live there thankfully. We are in Australia. so on the other side of the world, roughly 16686 km away as the crow flies.. All my family are in the same state as me, though spread out a bit. You are the only person i've encountered who has ever lived farther apart than dh family and mine. His (parents) are about 9600 miles away. His siblings are slightly closer, but not enough to make much of a difference. It makes me sad that my older kids have no cousins to hang out with. They really had a lot of fun this past summer when we visited. I'd love for them to come stay with us for awhile. My family lives 20 min away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Most of them are within a 30 minute radius of each other. It's my dh and I that live a distance away. But, it does make going back to visit family easier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Our parents live 45 miles apart. We, on the other hand, are 1100 miles away from them. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 My family is from far northern NY and still lives there. Hubby's family is from the Richmond, VA area (though he mostly grew up in NC). We look at it more as a 4 hour drive south (can be longer pending traffic around DC) or a 7-8 hour drive up north (can be longer due to snow). No family members live around us in PA. We picked it after having lived in FL partially due to its location between our folks - the other part due to liking the general topography and population density. We are the ones who moved away from family (to RI, FL, PA, and in another couple of years elsewhere, but exactly where yet TBD). We met in college... and are forging our own "hometowns." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimeeM Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 My parents live in Florida; my mom in one city and my father / stepmother in another city. Two of my younger sisters live in Florida as well. My other younger sister lives in Wisconsin. My husband's family (parents are deceased, but he has close extended family still) live in Pennsylvania. Locally, I have an aunt who lives about an hour from me; he has no family locally. We live in SC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholastica Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 My parents live in the NC, we’re near dh’s family in the Midwest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabelen Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) Dh's brother and family are 90 miles north. We also have one of his cousins in that area, around 120 miles north. His parents are 9,500 miles west. My parents passed away but all of my family is 6,000 miles east. ETA Dh’s sister is 8,000 miles west. Except for dh’s brother, all of our immediate family members are in 3 different continents. Edited January 1, 2018 by Mabelen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinnia Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) My parents are about 60 miles away. My in laws are about 300. Th grew up about 60 miles from here (not the same hometown), but his parents retired far away. Edited January 1, 2018 by Zinnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 When alive: ~90 miles or, since I seem to measure distance in travel time, about 90 minutes. Now? I'm alone in this world regarding my side of the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) My parents live downstairs. They just moved into a wing of our house. Jamie's mom lives in Ireland (we're in Texas). My mom's extended family live in Maryland and my dad's in Virginia. My siblings live in Alaska and (soon to be) Nevada. Edited January 1, 2018 by Butter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storygirl Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 DH's family (parents, sister, brother and his family) all live about 2.5 hours north of where we are. His parents and sister live near the area where he grew up, and his brother lives an hour or less from them. DH's parents go to FL for three or four months in the winter, which puts them about two days away by car for that period of the year. My family (parents, sister and family, brother and family) live in my hometown, which is two hours west of here. Two hours doesn't sound like it is very far, but we have a busy schedule and a lot of commitments here, so we can't travel to see them very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 You are the only person i've encountered who has ever lived farther apart than dh family and mine. His (parents) are about 9600 miles away. His siblings are slightly closer, but not enough to make much of a difference. It makes me sad that my older kids have no cousins to hang out with. They really had a lot of fun this past summer when we visited. I'd love for them to come stay with us for awhile. My family lives 20 min away. I for one am very glad that my kids could not hang out with thier Canadian cousins, especially as one family ( most of the cousins) are drug dealers. the further we are away from them the better all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Until recently both my parents & IL's lived in PA. My IL's just moved to FL. We live in GA. I have 1 sis in PA and 1 in FL and a SIL in MD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 My parents and IL's live about 4-5 miles apart. We are about 2 hours away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 About five minutes. ;) We are from the same small hometown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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