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Living in a different city than family?
I'm starting to miss my family SO much! Maybe it's getting worse now b/c I'm not traveling all the time for work to keep me busy and I'm in a steady groove here. Sometimes I just really want a hug from my mom or to see my grandma and everyone else. My family does so much together (Birthdays and other holidays) and while Huntsville isn't that far, I can't go up for every single one of them. I'm so looking forward to seeing them this weekend!
Is anyone else in the same boat and miss your family?
Re: Living in a different city than family?
My family is Huntsville, and sometimes I feel like that. We went to see my niece last week and I wish that while she is having a hard time that I could be closer. On the other hand, my mom and I are too much alike and we get along wonderfully now-I don't know if living there it would be the same!
I think we will end up moving near them when we have kids. We just have to move at least once before that happens, when DH graduates in 2 or 3 years-he's telling me already to get used to the fact it might be further away, and I'm a sap who has never moved out of state so it makes me nervous....
Anyway, the plan is to come back to Alabama after that and settle at 'home'.?
Me, me! I live 3.5 hours away from my family, and I am the only one that doesn't live in a 20-minute radius of home. By the only one, I mean aunts, uncles, cousins, my sister and her fam, brother, grandmother, EVERYONE lives up there but me! It's hard sometimes, and I know it will probably get worse when the baby comes!
It's hard for me bc I know every Friday night is spent at my grandmother's, and my sis/bro are at my mother's every Sunday. I do feel like DH and I are in the best place for us right now, but I'm not sure if it will be our home forever. I would like to live somewhere in the middle of the 2 families, since we are around 3.5 hours away from each side, and the families are around 4 hours away from each other.
Same here! Everyone is there but me :-(.
I so feel for you b/c I don't know what I'd do if my mom was going through that and I couldn't be there. My brother or sister wouldn't take care of her like I would. That's got to be hard... I'm so sorry she's going through that. How are her treatments going? You hang in there, too!
Yeah, my old goal was at least once a month to visit. But once I stopped traveling and settling in here (a year ago), I found so many things to do to enjoy living here on weekends and just live at home. This is probably the longest that I haven't visited. We'll have to pick back up with that once a month visits.
Thanks! I definitely will!
Yeah, and I am an only child so there were no other siblings to rely on! Luckily, she did really well with everything. She had surgery, stayed at home for one day, and then went back to work. Throughout chemo, she went on with her life as normal, working and exercising. Knowing that she had a positive attitude and was doing so well, it was a little easier to be away. Thanks for asking. She has a major surgery coming up in a couple weeks and more treatment, so I hope she continues to do so well. I am going to try to go up there as much as I can.
I miss my family so much! I'm a total daddy's girl and I hate that he is so far away (in Minnesota). I don't miss my hometown one single bit (I hate it there!) but I miss my family. I wish they'd all move to Auburn!
I miss my nephews and my niece...I feel like I'm missing out on so much of their lives!
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I'm with ya. I miss my family a lot. I wish I were closer so I could be there for dinners, get togethers..
I have to remind myself that this is better than when we were in Australia and I only saw them once a year. There were times that I would just get so upset b/c I missed them so much.
I hope that once I graduate we can move back down there and be close to them for a while.
Ah, that's great that she's living her life as normal. What a difference that makes! Well, I'll keep her and you and the rest of your family in my prayers. :-)
I can't imagine how hard it was to be on a different continent!
I also hate that I'm missing out on my little cousins growing up. The youngest is now 19 months and he really never remembers me when I see him. :-(
Thank you!
I know how you feel.
I haven't lived near family for 10 years, since I left for college. But, my grandparents and my mom are only 2.5 hours away so I can at least make it home for a weekend every couple of months or so.
I think it's going to be a lot harder being so far away from family though once the baby gets here.
My dad lives in California and I see him on average about once a year. It makes me sad sometimes to think he won't see his granddaughter very often and I don't know when he'll get to meet her for the first time. But, he and I are still close and talk almost every day on the phone.
I think you just have ot make the best of it and do what you can, you know?
I miss my family terribly! We are so close and we live a little over and hour away! My parents are extremely willing to come up here and see us whenever they can so it helps some. I talk to my mom everyday! So I know how you feel. I'm sorry you miss your family! I hope you have a good weekend with them!
When I moved from Enterprise to Dothan it was like I had moved thousands of miles away. I was about the age of you all then. I ran up horrible phone bills, this was before cell phones so it was long distance. It was really difficult for me being away from my family, I can relate. Just go see them all you can is my only advice. My parents passed away in the 80's. I miss them every day.
we're 3 hours from my family....i have a brother/SIL in DC, one in troy, and one in mobile. it used to be when i went home I'd see everyone b/c all my brothers were still there...but not so much now
all of my aunts, uncles, cousins, etc are all back home.....i hate that i can't just go to lunch w/ my mom & gma whenever I want. it has to be the big planned thing to get to see everyone
i talk to my mom multiple times a day on the phone...so i still feel a little like i get to see her
I don't think I could ever move back home though, so unless I can convince everyone to move here I think I'll just have to get used to it
Try living in a different STATE! At least you're in driving distance from your family! It is hard though! Maybe you can plan a weekend trip soon.
::HUGS::