how close does your family live?

jennlin · October 2013

i notice in a lot of posts lots of you have family several hours away....my parents are 15 minutes away, my inlaws are 5 minutes away. i can't imagine having family/help SO FAR away where they have to actually plan it out to visit you.

JenMatt2010 · October 2013

16 hour drive or 2 hour plane ride. Loving that my ILs are far away but hating that my parents are so far. My parents are coming for 2 weeks when baby arrives though, wooo!

Michellepiner · October 2013

My family lives 8 hours away, DH's family lives 4 hours away.

ETA: typos

amber0529 · October 2013

My family is 20 hours away & my BF's is 4.5 hours away...it sucks to be honest. But I hate cold weather & snow so I did it to myself when I moved to FL 9 years ago.

LeaLea123 · October 2013

About 15 minutes away! They can be helpful at times! When I was pregnant with DD they lived in central Fla and I was outside of Raleigh! That was hard!

mrsbrooksie · October 2013

My family is 8 hours away and DH's about 3.5 hrs.

fantasticmrsfox · October 2013

In laws are in the same town but my parents are 10 hours. I'm glad we have DHs family near!

blueeyedrose86 · October 2013

We are in Wyoming and our Family is in Michigan, Maryland, South Carolina and Florida. I consider it a step up though, considering 2 months ago we lived in Italy! This will be a much cheaper flight

Welshgirl12 · October 2013

We love in Virginia, my in laws live 30 mins away but my family lives back in the UK. My one brother is hoping to visit this month, my other brother burned up all his leave visiting us in April and my mother is petrified of flying so won't be coming to visit

norbert5 · October 2013

My parents used to be 5 minutes away but now it is an 1.5 hours. It sucks but we make it work.

Same with my in laws but they are unreliable and selfish so I never really depended on them for any kind of help.

huntjul · October 2013

Until Dec we are living with my parents with ILs 2 hours away. After Dec we will be a 6 hour plane ride + passport away.

Wino0920 · October 2013

This is going to blow your mind..

My mom, MIL, and both brothers live on the same road as us. We literally all live 2 minutes from each other. My sister is 30 minutes and my SIL is less than 10. I love it.

shelley1002 · October 2013

MIL is 30 minutes away
FIL and SMIL are 45 minutes away
SIL/BIL are 45 minutes
BIL/SIL are just over an hour away.

My entire family is 3 hours away.

tashad18 · October 2013

My family is about 3 hours away. It is not too bad, but I hate not seeing them daily. We are very close. I'm under strict instructions to call as soon as I feel even the slightest signs of labor so they can get here. They have their bags packed waiting.

DH's family lives in Sacramento and we are in San Antonio. So they won't be making it down for the birth. He sees them about once a year if that.

CMireles2 · October 2013

I live in Texas and my family lives up in NH. My mom doesn't work so she's already been here a week waiting for her first grandbaby! I don't mind at all... She's been helping me do things like clean the shades and vents which I haven't had time to do since we moved in a couple months ago. My inlaws live 2 hours away and have been driving me NUTS lately.

tmccord21 · October 2013

My mom is about an hour away. But its a commute from NJ to NYC so there can sometimes be some serious traffic. The in-laws are 10hrs away

ETA- But my sister lives in the building next door. That's what really counts. Our buildings are actually attached and we share communal areas. Which means that I don't even have to put on a bra to go over there.

yesthisiskim0401 · October 2013

My parents are 30-45min away. Praise the good Lord my IL's are 12hrs away!

acethebase · October 2013

My mom lives 5 minutes away and my inlaws literally live 5 seconds away ugh

cassey910 · October 2013

My parents are 30 mins away.
DH parents are about an hour and half away.

HFrizzle · October 2013

The closets is 12hrs away.

cagey22 · October 2013

My family live in the UK and my in-laws live about 3 and a half hours away. It makes me chuckle when my sister moans about mum only taking the kids one morning per week... her MIL lives next door too.

My parents are coming to visit in Mid-November. We wanted to be sure the nugget has definitely arrived by the time they make the trek, and that we've had a little bit to adjust to being parents. My MIL would come at the drop of a hat if we needed extra help.

Jenball717 · October 2013

Can I break with the theme and say miles away?
MIL is about 5 miles, in city traffic away.
My mom is 50 miles away, freeway driving the whole way.
My dad passed away years ago but he was with my mom.
FIL lives in the same town as my mom, too.
All DH's sisters live in our same county, about 5 miles in different directions from us.
My brothers are all in different states.

Everycol0r · October 2013

We all live in the "Houston-Area" but depending on time of day it could be considered living in a different state! My fam lives about an 45 minutes to an hour south of us in mine & DH's hometown and my in-laws are currently house hunting in our area and live about 3 minutes away while they search.

TXswissmiss · October 2013

Before we moved we were in Austin and our families were north of Dallas (about 3.5-4 hour highway drive) but we are now a full day of travel away (about 10-12 hour plane ride). My mom is coming for a month when the wee one arrives to help out.

Favority · October 2013

IL's are 20 min away, my family is 4 hours away. Sadly my family sees DD more often.

Spanchez · October 2013

Right now both my parents and ILs are 2 hrs away and our siblings are anywhere from an hour to 3 hours away. (I have 3 sisters and a brother and DH has 2 brothers).

Come winter time both of our parents head to Florida - mine for 3 months and DH's for a month.

My mom is going to come stay with us "until I kick her out" after the baby is born and then I'm sure my MIL will want to come stay (that will be limited to a few nights)

carawasa · October 2013

It takes about 1 hour to get through the entire state of Rhode Island, and all of my family lives here. My parents are 5 minutes away! My brother and SIL live 20min away

Skyjewell23 · October 2013

My family is about 30 minutes away.

In-laws about 15 minutes away.

We all stay pretty close together.

Sdeux · October 2013

My IL's are 15 minutes away and my Dad is 18 hour drive or 3 hr plane ride, my Sister is 11 hour drive or 2 hour plane ride.

trackgirlparis · October 2013

My in laws are 20 mins away and my parents are in California. I'm in Calgary, Canada...so that's 2 days at least if you're driving

BlessUrHeart29 · October 2013

My parents and ILs all live a 14 hr drive away. At least they all live within a half hour of each other, so we make one drive and see everyone.

I really hate living so far away from my parents. I don't necessarily need to live in their backyard, but it would be nice to be within a 5 hr drive for an easy 3-day weekend.

Amjoy25 · October 2013

IL's are 2.5 hour drive away. My parents are a 7 hour plane flight.

cdbayes · October 2013

My parents live in our subdivision-less than half a mile. ILs are 10 minutes. Both of my sisters live 20 min away. BIL and SIL are a 2.5 hr flight

Courtniii · October 2013

My mom is less than 3 minutes away, sister is 20 minutes away, dad is maybe 30 minutes away and my ILs are about 45 minutes away but come from the opposite side of the city so its always traffic dependent.

BrittanyCupcakes · October 2013

We live with my mom, and my sister and her family live about 20 minutes away.

DH's family is on the opposite side of the country.

Ajoyd · October 2013

My family: 7 hours driving, DH's family: 4 hours driving. My parents are coming to stay with us for a week after LO is born.

sarahcatie · October 2013

My parents live 3/4 of a mile up the road from us, my IL's live half an hour away.

bnikiz · October 2013

My parents, fathers side and dhs mom and moms side are cross country. My moms side, dhs dad and dads side are five hours. We dont have anyone closer then that.We are military so its not by choice.

ajjf1026 · October 2013

My mom is about 15 min away, my Dad is 4 hrs away. My in laws are about 20 min away. My dad comes down state a lot from his house so that is nice.

vargasgurl · October 2013

My in-laws live next door ... Which is a blessing they are the best ! My mom is 40mins away .. Not far but she is handicapped so that makes it a little complicated. I can't complain though some of you ladies have a lot of distance between your loved ones.