How often do you see grandkids

rainyghost

rainyghost

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Just curious how often you travel to see out of town grandkids?
 

StarSong said:
All my grands are nearby - on average we see each other once a week.

No need to tell me how fortunate I am that my kids all put down roots nearby. Believe me, I know!!!

p.s. How often do YOU travel to see out of town grandkids, @rainyghost ?
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Two of them are about 3 minutes away, so I see them at least once or twice a week. Another two live about an hour away, so we see them every few weeks. The other three are 11 hours away by car, so generally a couple times per year.
 
I live near 2 of my grandkids and see them often. the other 2 are away. One is at his first duty station with the Army. (will be deploying next year and I'm a little frightened about that :( ) The other is a couple of hours away and I see him maybe every 4 months or so.
 
I am 90, and I have stopped traveling. I am here in Florida, My grandson and his bride are in New Jersey. His sister is in NY state near Poughkeepsie. That is a long ride.
Their mother and stepdad are 25 minutes away from here. I expect they will come visiting fairly often. They are good kids (in their 30s).
 
I live a block away from my grandsons so I get to see them a lot. We were lucky when we were looking for a house near them and this is just perfect. There's nothing like hearing a little knock on the front door and having one of those precious little visitors dropping in as he goes for a bike ride with his daddy.
 
Not as much as we would like.
Ours are in five different states; the closest being an 11 hour drive; the furthest being 19 hour drive.
We see them once a year at a minimum.

That is five trips a year, if we can manage it, as we have five children and 9 grand kids.

When they were all young, we lived four blocks from each other for about 4 years - up until 2013.
When we were young I would enjoy the grandkis for days.
As we have grown older, a few hours up to 1-2 overnights in their homes is enough love and chaos/noise for us.

We are now enjoying watching the young adult time of the lives of the grandkids play out.
 
Oldeagle66 said:
Still haven't met mine yet. They probably young adults now.
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Am very sorry. Understand how this likely make you feel.
My DHs daughter does not communicate with him or about his grandchildren, either...for the last eight years.
She got herself into a snit over a minor thing and is thinking she is punishing him.
He is a terrific grandfather to my grandchildren.
His daughter has no clue what her children are missing out on, as she is punishing more than my DH.
 
One grandson, 6. We both live in NYC. I watch him generally every Wednesday. Generally speaking, my son visits me with grandson 2 Saturdays a month.

So, generally, about 6 times a month.

It's not enough. Some things are never enough. When it comes to my grandson, I'm insatiable. I count my blessings.
 
They all live 1200 miles away in the same city.

Since my younger daughter and I are estranged, I have not seen her children in 8 years. Every few months, however, I do have a text exchange with her older child who is now 16. I doubt I will ever see them again.

I have seen my older daughter's two children twice in six years. Three years ago I drove there, two long days each way with my one dog at that time. This past fall, I hired somebody to come stay with my (now) two dogs and flew. It's always arrive on Friday, leave on Monday (the Three Day Rule). I may fly out there again in the Spring.
 
My grandchildren both are grown, live in another state. Not often seen. Son-in-law had two children, one deceased, one in another part of the state. Have seen him once since his brother's funeral. He is grown now.
 

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