We see my family a little more than my IL, but DH and I both see our parents separately quite a bit. We get along great with both sides, but due to schedules it's hard to get together sometimes. My dad is a teacher, as am I, so we tend to run on the same schedules which makes it easy for us to see him and my mom when I'm off. My DH works at the same company as his dad, so he sees him a lot. I'd say that we see my parents together at least once every two weeks, but I see them at least once a week. DH sees his parents about once a week, but together we see them about once a month or so. We all live in the same town, too, so that makes it easier.
most of my family lives either 1/2 way across the country or well over 8 hours away. so, we only see people 1-2x/year. it isn't a terrible hardship. you don't loose how close you are, if you use the phone. i talk to my mother several times a week (my dad passed away over 2 years ago) and my dh talks to his dad daily (MIL was passed away before i met dh). my siblings, i talk to weekly or every other week.
I see my family a lot. A couple times a month at least. Depending on traffic we're 20-60 minutes from each other.
DH's sister is the only IL near and we see them once or twice a month on average.
DH's older sister is in TX so we see them once or twice a year max, and his youngest sister is in the Philippines so we haven't seen her in 9 years :-(
Post by sawyerthedestroyer on Jun 3, 2012 21:12:28 GMT -5
My parents live two hours away and we see them once a month on average. We have to fly to see H's parents or his sister. We try to coordinate visits so everyone either comes to us or goes to the ILs at the same time so we see everyone on his side 1-2 times per year. Sometimes his parents will come see us without his sister so that's another 1-2 times per year.
Overall, our time together is probably pretty even because we'll spend a day with my parents once a month, but a few days at a time with his parents a few times a year.
Everyone lives in our city. My parents are 15 minutes away and we see them at least once a week, usually twice. Dad and I do lunch most Fridays and during football season we go to a sports bar every Sunday. I've been remodeling my little brother's room for a graduation gift, so we've been over there all weekend for the past 3 weeks.
My H's aunt and uncle (who raised him mostly) live 15 minutes away too and we see them at least once a month, more in the summer and holidays.
H's mom lives 30 minutes away and we see her maybe twice a year. H's dad lives states away and I've only met him once-our wedding weekend.