S/O Going Home - How long has been the longest?

JDandCoke

A Spin Off from the awesome poll below about going home.

What's the longest you've been away without a visit? 

MrsBini10

Only 6 months for me. And it was hard. DH hasn't been back to Ethiopia in 1.5 years, because we can't afford the tickets. I don't know how he stands it. 

kelly321

1.5 years from July 2010 until a few week ago Dec 2011. It was going to be until April 2012, so almost 2 years, but then my dad got sick and there was a possibility this would be his last Christmas (thankfully doesn't look like that anymore), so I said I wanted to go home. Mostly the long break was because of my pregnancy and DD's birth. It was easier than I had feared it would be (not going home, I mean :-)). And the upside is that now it's only 3.5 months until we go back to the States for 5 months this summer!!

ukyankee

It'll be one year & nine months when I head to the States this summer.

elenetxu

A year - I try to go home every August.

bail229

I was home this time last year and we are planning a trip for later in 2012, probably around Sept. So by the time I go home next it will be a year and about 9 mths or so. This will be my longest stretch.  

Before that it was roughly a year. 

aMrsin09

It been just about 2.5 years.  We just can't afford the tickets to go there, and no one can afford the tickets/trip to come here.

Bananas0827

18 months. I assume it'll be longer this time around, since we don't know if we can afford to go back in 2012.

BlushingMama

We are going home in Dec 2012, so it will be 5.5 years since we were last home. 

hamilton.ja

Dh hasn't been home since  Dec. 2009, we are. Planning a trip for June 2012. So hopefully 2.5 years. His family has been here, though. 

 

The longest I went I think was about 6 months. Poor man. We had more disposable income back then and so much more time off... 

MouseInLux

It was when we were in the US, I think it was 3 years or more. We had family over to see us though.

ooolalalolo

It's been 8 months, which sounds short compared to what others do, but was really hard. Thankfully we had both of our fathers visit us in the interim, or I think I would have broken down and bought tickets home.

bluegirl2006

It's been 2 years 2 months and 3 days as of right now.

sucredee

I didn't go home from 1991 until 2000....I stayed in the US against my parents' (ie mom's) wishes and my mom "disowned" me. Plus I was a broke student so it is not like I could afford it on my own. I went back in 2000 after my mom finally decided I wasn't "dead" anymore. I then didn't go back until 2004 ( I divorced in 2002 which made my mom much happier) with my BF (DH now) and went back every 2 years until DD was born in 2010. We will now be going back once a year.

GilliC

probably around 18 months

But I really only track how long it's been since I've seen my parents (or rather - they track it). So it might have been longer since I've been to my hometown, because sometimes we meet somewhere else.