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Offline Randy

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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2009, 03:04:40 PM »
Have I got a deal for you :-)

How about a compromise?

I have a nice little house up near the Space Center with good schools (except the HS, it blows. There are good alternatives though.) We get more colder stuff during the winter and you get to watch Top Secret NASA launches whenever they happen. Family is a bit farther away. My folks used to live in Boca and that worked out awesomely :-)

I'll sacrifice and take that little cabin in the mountains off your hands to solve the dilemma you face. I am a nice guy, I know. :rotf:

I'd kill to live in the Clayton/Tallulah Falls area of N Ga. and with luck one day I will.
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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #26 on: December 07, 2009, 03:22:05 PM »
Quote from: BEG on December 07, 2009, 01:26:41 PM
I would not voluntarily move away from my Mom again.  I did not move to a better state (CA from TX) and I didn't do it by choice but I also didn't realize how much I would miss my Mom until I no longer had her around.  It has become abundantly clear how much she helped me out when I had issues like this eye thing going on.  I also feel so lucky that my Mom was around when my kids were little.  For my son she wasn't around until he was about 6 so I didn't know what I was missing...now I know what I'm missing.  :(

I rely on my mom a lot too...and I sort of feel guilty just thinking about taking their only grand daughter away...and also feel guilty taking my daughter's grandparents away...It's a difficult decision....but I have 5 years to think about it.
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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #27 on: December 07, 2009, 03:23:32 PM »
Quote from: Flame on December 07, 2009, 10:35:40 AM



Who knows...you might meets some studly Georgia outdoorsy type if you move!

Hmmmm..... :-)
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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #28 on: December 07, 2009, 04:03:07 PM »
Yup.  Moved away from family a long time ago.  Now live 600 miles from my folks and 400 from the in laws.  It's been great!  The biggest draw back when you have little ones is how hard it is to find someone, anyone who will watch them so you can get some time away.  We were pretty much tied to our kids for 12 - 13 years ... until we felt comfortable leaving them for a few hours while we went out.  Now they are old enough we can take overnight trips without too much worry.

Everything else has been good to go! 

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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #29 on: December 07, 2009, 04:30:42 PM »
A lot can change in 5 years.  Revisit the issue every year.  What makes sense now, might not in 5 years.
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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #30 on: December 07, 2009, 04:30:55 PM »
Quote from: Carl on December 07, 2009, 10:45:55 AM
My life right now too.

I hate NY with a passion...the cold almost year around,the taxes just name it.
Mom is in a nursing home and when she went in a year and a half ago thought it was finally my chance to escape from the hell hole as I no longer had to take care of her.

Leaving her to die there has so far proven to be something I can`t bring myself to do.



I hear ya,,,my parents are getting up there too...
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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #31 on: December 07, 2009, 05:16:27 PM »
I can't understand the attachment to one's parents. My mom passed away some 34½ years ago and she had made sure that the apron strings were cut well before that. I was pretty much ready to be on my own when I was 16. My step dad, well, he was a step dad. Never got to know my real father very well until I was 28. Didn't miss much. Perhaps that's why I've never been totally comfortable in one place. A few years here or there and it's time to move on as long as the income allows it, once when it didn't. (Most recently)
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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #32 on: December 07, 2009, 05:54:28 PM »
Quote from: Thor on December 07, 2009, 05:16:27 PM
I can't understand the attachment to one's parents. My mom passed away some 34½ years ago and she had made sure that the apron strings were cut well before that. I was pretty much ready to be on my own when I was 16. My step dad, well, he was a step dad. Never got to know my real father very well until I was 28. Didn't miss much. Perhaps that's why I've never been totally comfortable in one place. A few years here or there and it's time to move on as long as the income allows it, once when it didn't. (Most recently)

I have a pretty strong attachment to both of my parents.  But I wouldn't stay someplace that I hated just cuz they were close geographically, nor would they expect me to.
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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #33 on: December 07, 2009, 08:01:51 PM »
I grew up an AF brat.  My parents divorced when I was in first grade.  Needless to say, there wasn't much routine in our life.  Holidays were spent with whoever had custody.  Shoot.  I didn't even attend a school for more than 2 years until I was in 7th grade.  It never mattered where we were, we were fortunate to be loved wherever we were.  I never felt left out.  Hell, my brother and I qualified for frequent flyer miles with all the flying we did, alone, to see grandparents or parents.  We were bred to be independent.  Shoot.  Although my father and grandparents don't walk this world anymore, I see my Mom more than my brother, and we live 20 miles apart.  The mother is 6 hours away.  At any rate, my point is, as long as the kiddos know they are loved, distance doesn't matter as much, actually, I probably wouldn't have been as close to my family if they hadn't lived so far away.
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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #34 on: December 07, 2009, 08:08:48 PM »
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Re: Would you move away....
« Reply #35 on: December 07, 2009, 10:28:23 PM »
Would I?  Yep--and done it too.
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