Do you live near or far from your parents?

I live about 13 hours away from my mum and i feel that we get along much better now than we ever did.We take turns in calling eachother on the weekends.She does fly up to visit me while the kids are on school holidays so she can spend time with her grandkids.I just wish she didnt spend 2 weeks at a time in our home.It gets quite claustrophobic and she takes over the tv.

I live about 25 minutes drive from my mother, who stays with my brother. My mother's place is near to my church, and so it is convenient for me to drop in on her every Sunday when I go to church. After church, I visit a supermarket near her home to buy some groceries before heading for her place. My mum's 86, so she can't go out on her own to shop. So when she has anything she needs, she just calls me by Saturday to give me her shopping list, and I just buy the things for her before heading to her home. This arrangement is quite neat for me and works well for everyone. My mother-in-law who stays with me, follows me to church, so she can also drop in on my mum to say hello to her.

too far away. when my father took his fall and had the cerebral hemorrhage he lived for 10 more hours but I was too far away to get to his bedside before he lisped his last breath. I live 23 hours drive from where my parents decided to settle down.

I still live with my parents so I don't really have a choice but to be with them :) I won't say I don't get along with them but sometimes we have our fights. I would like to try living alone for a while, although it's not possible yet.

me, i always live with my family because i get great joy from them, i have been living with my parents since my childhood, happines we can't expalin and wecan't count that one its my experience ofcourse i was lived some days far it doesn't matter. we alwasy expect sweet love from them its true noone can't give and share with anyone compare to parents they will give always support for us. give me message thank you so much for asking good question.

My mom is the only parent I have left - I live in Orlando, and she for now, is in Austin, Texas - but will be moving to Seattle, Washington (home!) I miss her - we stopped getting along when she married her 3rd husband - but now he's out of the picture we are going to try and mend the relationship!

I now live far away from my mom and step dad, but closer to everyone else in my family. Even though there are only two close relatives that far away, it's still as hard as when it was 98% of my family. I do however have an unlimited long distance plan so that I can call all the time..lol.

I live almost 30 miles away from my mom. Even though we don't live that far away from each other we don't usually only talk on the phone more than twice a month. We do this so that we have more to say to each other when we do talk! :P hahaha But even though we don't talk very often I'd have to say we are closer now since I moved out. Now with my dad, he lives a couple of hours away. We haven't really been close since he and my mom divorced back when I was a kid. For the past few years I have kept in contact with him via email, but when I tried to contact him last I never got a response which is strange, even for him. I think he changed providers or something and forgot to give me his new email address. I could always call him up and ask for it, but other than that I don't know what I would say. We have definitely grown apart. My husband's parents live about 9 hours away and he talks to them once a month. It would probably be more often, but as we don't have unlimited long distance calling them more often would cost too much money. So it's something we can't afford to do. My husband and his parents were always a close knit family, but I'd guess they are closer now since his parents moved so far away.

My dad and I were very close and he passed away unexpectedly about 20 years ago which should have taught me something about appreciating time with loved ones and it definitly did. My mom however, was another story. We were never close thru my growing up and even after. I "tolerated" her to keep the peace. It wasn't a battle but I have to say that I only visited mom out of obligation. As she grew older, I did take her to all her dr. appts and did try to be a "good daughter" but my heart was never into it....It was all about feeling obligated. Whe used to call me so much and most times I'd groan when I saw her numbaer on the caller ID. Ugh! In her own way, she was trying very hard to be close.A few months ago her health took a serious turn for the worse. She needed 24/7 care. We had a family mee ting and all took shifts as we'd always promised that we'd never let her be put in a nursing home. I work nites and was the only one available to do the day shift. At first it was so hard giving up what little free time I had and running over there each morning and spending the days with this woman. I also am a single mom with a 14 yr old still at home. I had to adjust my attitude and accept that this was how my life was to be. My mom was on some heavy meds which caused her to be a bit insane at times which only added to t he stress. but I have to say that she did have her moments of clarity and during those times we did share some deep talks. I got to know another side to this lady and came to undarstand her as a parent for the first time. In many aspects, this time was a gift. she passed a couple of weeks ago. My only regret is that I did not take the time to get to know her earlier on.

I am pretty close to my parents. Right now I am actually living with my mom for a while. And about 30 minutes from my dad. I don't talk to my dad much, only when I need to get my oil changed. I do get along with my mom, so living with her isn't bad. Though sometimes she gets mad if I don't clean up or do my share with the cooking, cleaning, etc.

I live with my parents still and I really want to be with them so I can see and take care of them

I live about 6 hours from my dad and about 1 hour from my mom. I live 10 minutes from my grandma so I see her the most. I don't get along with my mother at all but me and my dad had a decent relationship before he let my screw up of a sister move in with him. Thanks for posting this. You reminded me to mail out his birthday card. :)

Im lucky i live just a ten minute drive away from my parents have always got on with them well, espically my dad, who often pops in at the weekends for a cuppa and a chat and my children love to see thier grandad as he is the only one they have

Its always good to keep a little distance from your parents especially when your married.I live not very far away from my parents.My parents are very good thanks to god they were there to support me financially as well as morally when I most needed them when my husband was sick and because of which he lost his job.My parents took care of my six children of which I am forever grateful I wish to thank them a million time as those times I was also sick and could not handle my family single handed.God bless my parents for being so good to me and my kids.My kids and I get along fine with our parents hope it continues so in the future.

I live forty miles away from my Mom and yes once I moved out of the house I did get along with her better. It is many years later and she is 86 years old and gets around great. We talk on the phone about once a week and I try to make it over to visit her every chance I get. I only have one Mom and once she is gone than I will not be able to let her know anymore how much I love her so I make the most of the time now.

I live about 10 miles from my parents. I can't imagine not living near them. In fact all fo my siblings except one live within an hour of each other.

Well sweets I only have my Gran left and she lives just a few streets away - less than a 5 minute walk away (if only I could walk) and about 20 seconds in the car! If I don't see her every day (and even if I do) we usally speak on the phone at least twice a day! Davids mum lives a 40 minute drive away and we used to try and see her every week but with his shifts and ot we haven't seen her for about a month now - it would be so much easier if she was confident enough to drive on the motorway! xxxx

I live 1600 miles away from my parents, for the past 3 years. We talk at least 2 or 3 times a week, just to see how things are going. I've always gotten along with my parents, of course there were the usual disagreements when I was a teenager, but I haven't lived at home since I was 18, and most of the time we lived in different cities, with the exception of about 6 years when we lived in the same town. But that was not a problem either.

I still live with my parents. I am still single and I am the only one here in our place with my parents. My brother and sister live in different cities. My sister is already married and so she lives with her husband. My brother, though single like me, lives in another city because that is where he works.

I live a few hundred miles from my parents. I am very much a daddy's girl and always got on far better with him than my mother. But this is because my dad believes his children have their own lives to lead, whereas my mother believes in having a tight-knit extended family. I can't deal with this. When I lived nearby she expected me to visit all the time; no excuses... I had to put her ahead of work and study, my friends... Which is why I chose universities on the coasts of Britain... my family all reside in the Midlands, the centre of the country.