Did you prefer to live far from relatives or not?

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My father and mother came from the same province, somewhere in the third region of our country. But destiny crossed their paths on the first region. When they got married, they settled in this place and never came back to their hometown. I mean, we have a few vacations-but that was a long time ago, when my father can still afford plane tickets for the whole family and i was only at around eight years old that time. So I have a very blurry memory of my relatives who stayed on their hometown. I've got to meetyt some of our relatives through the years when they're on their flight to other country and came by our place to pay us a visit before going on board. And that was all. My only relationship to my grandparents, uncles, aunties and cousins are some small talks-which doesn't really went along very well because they speak different dialects and I can only understand so few of it while my two siblings know nothing at all. When I was in my teen years, I was wondering what our life would be like if we were living closely with our relatives. My grandparents ( father's side) died without even knowing what we have become. On my mother's side, my grandparents are separated and I didn't have the chance to remember my granfather so clearly. My grandmother, on the other hand was kind of close to us because she lives nearer-a three long hour drive from our place. But all in all, I don't really know that much about my relatives. Somtimes, we receieved the news how they fight against each other-getting envious and all that. And I thought we were lucky not to be involved in such arguments. On the other hand, when the family sets a reunion, we are always absent because we can't afford the plane fare anymore. So at that point, I envy them especially when they call and tell us how they celebrated that event and I secretly wished that we were there. I'm not really sure, but in conclusion, maybe I still want the way it is...because at least I get the chance to miss them and not be pissed off by their presence.