NHG how often do you see your family ad your in la

[sierramist03]

I'm curious because my mil just made a comment about how we might only see each other including sil a few times a year. So I'm curious how other families are. I'm an only child so it's different for my parents. We live within 2 hours of each other.

[sailorgray]

My parents are 2 hours away and we prob see them 20 - 30x/year.

ETA: IL live about 20 minutes away and we prob see them 3 - 4x/month.

[kaylie]

H's are a 30 minute drive and we see them weekly. My family is in Florida (three hours on a plane) and I see them 2 - 3 times per year.

[TBM]

When we lived in the same city (when we were first married and when the kids were little), we saw everyone frequently, like once a week at the very least. We lived pretty close and my fil was ill and then passed away, so we saw the inlaws practically daily for awhile there. Once we had kids, we saw my father pretty much daily, because he wanted to see the kids.

Even once we moved over 400 miles away, we saw them at least five or six times a year, until the kids got involved in time consuming activities that kept us from visiting as often.

I live 2 hrs away from one daughter, and we either see each other once a month or so, or not for months. We talk on the phone all the time though, so it doesn't seem like we don't see each other that often.

[pickle123]

I live a little over an hour from my parents and I see them at least once a month, sometimes twice. We are currently living with my in-laws, so everyday. ha.

Normally though, we'd see my in-laws once or twice a week....we lived close to them and our new house will only be a couple miles away.

[sierramist03]

See I guess what I was expecting isn't that weird I mean we are getting ready to have a new little niece but my sister in law is being drama queen and it's all my fault so now they are taking about 1-2x a year oh well

[bethaboo]

My mom and sister live 4 hours away so I see them at least once a month. I see my aunt and uncle that live nearby once a week (more often around holidays and birthdays).

When I lived in California, my entire extended family lived within a 5 minute drive of each other and so I think we probably saw each other 3 or so times a week.

[candreco]

We see my parents weekly, sometimes twice, as they're local to us now. My sister we usually see 2-3x a year- we go to them for my niece's birthday every year, they come to us for DD's b-day/Thanksgiving, and generally we all go to FL to visit other family there at Christmas.

DH's parents we see ~3x a year, they're in FL too so we build in time at Christmas to see both of our families there, we usually head to FL at least one other time in the spring or summer, and they usually stay with us for a couple of days if they're driving north to DH's grandmother's house. DH's sisters are usually around at least part of the time we're in FL.

[thewop]

Probably once or twice a month for both sides. We live within 15 min of most of our family.

[ssmjlm]

I don't think it has as much to do with distance as it is relationships.

My parents live 3.5 hours away, but we see them probably once a month, vacation together at least 1x a year and they bought a condo down near us so they have their own place to come and visit now that they're retired and can stay for longer periods. I probably see my sister about half as much as that, but with her working, it's harder to coordinate.

FIL lives a few miles down the road in DH's childhood home. We see him 1x a month. MIL lives about 45 mins away, but we see here maybe 4x a year? Mostly holidays and her birthday. It's a very odd dynamic due to blended families with her husband and BIL.

BIL lives even closer than FIL and we only see him at family events/holidays. He and SIL don't like DH and I, so it's fine with us. Also they have a lot of problems, so I think they're hiding from the family b/c of it. BIL couldn't even bother to come to mother's day, b/c it was too much for SIL to coordinate, etc.

[boiler717]

My parents live 20 min away and I see them weekly or more (depending on house stuff); DH comes with me 1-2 times a month.

My ILs life 2.5 hours away and will only see us when we come down there. 3ish times a year.

[sassafrass]

I see my mother daily. We work together but she only lives about 20 miles from me. I see my sister every couple of months.

We would see MH's family, when we weren't estranged from them, about every 6 weeks or so. They're 4 hours away.

[emjacobs]

My family: at least once a week if not more

FI's Grandparents: at least once a week if not more
FI's Mom: Probably 3-5x's a year
FI's Dad: Probably 1-2x's a year, but that should be increasing a lot soon.

[treedimensional]

I see my inlaws (collectively) a couple of times a year and that is quite enough.
Seeing a blood relative is extremely rare. Much less frequently.

[perhapsprincess]

We live 2.5 hours away from my sister and see her 4-6 times a year. We all have busy lives. If I didn't work during the week that might be more often. But I do and so there it is.

We live 2 days away from parents on both sides and see them 1-2 times a year (and feel lucky to see them that often)

[lemondrop]

My parents live four hours away. We see them about twice a month. My ILs live about 15 minutes away. We see them less than once a month.

[InBetweenDays]

My parents moved to the Seattle area a few years ago. They are about an hour away (including a half hour ferry) and we see them probably once a week our every other week.

My in laws live in New Jersey and rarely come out here. We've seen them I think 4 times in almost 6 years? We'll see them this summer but only because we're going to them. Kind of a sore point.

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[emoflamingo]

I honestly don't see my dad that much, but I stopped calling him all that much when he would yell at me every time for stuff I didn't have control over. I see him most holidays and whenever I'm nearby. He lives about an hour away.

H sees his mom and stepdad daily -- they work together and eat lunch together lol. And we see his sister every day I work because she watches DS. And I see his mom & sister every Saturday. They both live within 10-20 minutes of us. We're going to hopefully be closer to his sister, just for easy drop off for the kiddos, but we'll be 30 minutes from his mom then. Okay with me, though, she usually comes up here to us.

[Deleted]

My parents are 2 hours away as is my sister. I see someone in some combination, shape, or form at least twice a month. In a busy season though it could be awhile. I meet up with my sister or Mom in the middle quiet often.

My brother funny enough, lives in the same town as me. He's got a rough work schedule so I could see him everyday for a week and then not see him for 3...it just depends.

My inlaws are in my backyard so we see each other everyday. Hs Brother and SIL we see everyday too..they live right by us and we trade kids a lot. The rest of his sibs...it goes in streaks depending on what's going on. They all rotate in and out at my inlaws so once a monthish we probably see everyone.

[statlerwaldorf]

Both sets are divorced and all live a little over an hour away. DH is estranged from MIL. We never see her. We see FIL about 3-4x per year. We see my dad around 6x per year. I see my mom about once every 6 weeks.

[statlerwaldorf]

Oh and SIL lives 3 hours away. We really only see her at DD's birthday party and Christmas.

[jennasue]

My family is on the other coast, and my Mom doesn't fly, so unfortunately, only around 2x a year But they are coming to visit (sans Mom) tomorrow for the first time ever!!!!!!

H's family isn't very close. They live a few states away and we'll see them maybe once a year.

[bluesmoothie]

My parents live 25 minutes away from them and I see them at least once a week.

My in-laws live about an hour and fifteen away from us. We see them every 2-3 months.

[winofairy]

My parents, sister and brother live less than 30 minutes from us and I only see them a couple of times per year. Mostly birthdays and holidays.

My MIL is about the same distance and we see her 1-2x per week. She is retired and a widow so we see her as often as we can.

Plus she makes an effort to see us and my family does not. I refuse to let it be a one sided relationship with them.

[LLYS]

We llive over 500 miles from family and drive (flying takes longer than driving and is $$) We see each other 3-4 times a year. We go twice a year to them and they come to us 1-2 times a year.

[mrs.jacinthe]

We live about 2400 miles from my parents and almost 3,000 miles from H's parents. We see each other 1-2x per year. We fly out to visit both sets of parents and then they either drive or fly out to visit us.

Even when we lived within 3 hours of my parents via driving, we only saw them maybe 6x per year. It's not that we're not close as a family, its just that timing doesn't work out and we're all pretty practical. That's what skype is for.

[mrsbird1129]

My family is 45 minutes away and I go there at least once a week, sometimes more. We see my fil who is 40 minutes away about three times a month right now.

[magdala9]

My family is 2 hours away and we see them 1-2 / month.
His family is 4/6/8 hours away (siblings live in different locale from parents) and we see them 1-2 / year.

[tarheels]

We're not normal and I know it

My mom: Lives 1000 miles away, but is a retired flight attendant and hops on a flight to see us whenever she feels like it - generally about every 2-3 months

His parents: Live 2 hours away. Comes in spurts for wedding season, etc - we might not see them for 5-6 months or we might see them 3 weekends in a row

[mrsg123]

They live about 650 miles away, so 2-4 times per year. IL are local, so depends on the month.