How many of you moved closer to your kids and grandkids after retirement ? (grandparents, moving)
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how many of you moved closer to your kids and grandkids after retirement and sorry you did so cause you don't see them anyways now that you are even closer ? My husband and I are thinking maybe in ten years selling this house and retiring to florida to be near the kids and grandkids , would you say that is a mistake or no ? we will both be in our 60s if we last that long cause you just never know LOL . But how many of you have done so and found out it was a mistake ? we are now doing the once a year trip to see them . I remember when my grandparents moved closer to us and we hardly saw them at all .
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Well, we have the 2 grandkids, son in law, and older daughter living in the other half of our house. We have totally separate spaces and our own kitchens and laundries. We do tend to keep private but there is plenty of visiting. We had the 3 year old granddaughter for half of today. Now she is back in "her" house playing with her toys. My younger daughter and boyfriend will be here for Christmas so we will have a great time.
Between us when we retired we had four grandchildren. We now have 14 band a great grand located from coast-to-coast in five states. We moved sort of in the middle with none truly near.
I live in a location I dislike (Florida) because my 14-month-old granddaughter lives three blocks from me. I babysit for her two days a week. The closeness of our relationship is wonderful. Just to see her running to the door to greet me on my babysitting days outweighs my dislike of Florida by a factor of about a billion.
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Quite the opposite, our daughter lived in the same town as us, when I retires we up and moved 2000 miles away. No Grandkids yet.... No regrets on moving either... Daughter and her husband have came to visit.
No I would not move to where any of my kids are....they have their own life and do not want to still think they are still being watched over. Nice to have a visit with kids and grandkids, but also like a vacation ----> It's always nice to come home....
My sister and BIL moved to Austin to be with daughters family and 3 grandchildren. 8 yrs later the family is moving to Ireland. They are non too happy.
My sister and BIL moved to Austin to be with daughters family and 3 grandchildren. 8 yrs later the family is moving to Ireland. They are non too happy.
But they had the eight years. Often when grandchildren become teenagers you won't see them much anyway, no matter where you live.
I learned the hard way not to follow my daughter where she moved. Inevitably the kid moves away.
Your best bet is to move somewhere you love. And simply annouce to your kid what you've done. You'll *********r kid up in their opinion no matter what you do. So, just take the bull by the horns and do what you think is best, even if it makes your kids mad.
I don't think you should move just to be near your grandchildren. Your children need freedom to live their own lives.
When we were a young family, we moved about 1000 miles away from my MIL so we could live our own lives without her constant "help."
Now, with a grandchild living in San Fran, it's an easy decision. No way can we afford to buy a house there.
But a ticket from DEN to SFO is cheap and it's just 2.5 hours away.
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