[Maddie]

Hey all. I love this forum...it keeps me up to date on everything exciting about this community. I feel like I belong here. I'm not retired, nor near the typical age to retire. I have a lovely wife and a five month old baby daughter.
I moved from Orlando and bought a beautiful townhome in your neighboring community of Lakeside Landings. My wife and I both work in The Villages.

Here goes...I go to work @ 2pm. I drop my daughter off before work at my mothers home, who lives in the villages. My wife picks her up @ 5pm and takes her home. Recently, someone informed on my mother to The Villages that she had a family living with her. That's us. My mother is now being told that we can only visit 30 times/days a year. Having our daughter for those few hours is a violation of The Villages contract.

Ok...My mother is in trouble with The Villages now because "they have logged every visit". Wow. Someone must not like my mother, I thought. I'ts obvious how we all feel about this as a close, loving family. We a devastated. We moved here to enjoy what The Villages has to offer. Now we feel scared. For two years we have enjoyed The Villages and the support it gives our small family. I don't understand why this is a concern. We chose to live no other place but here - so we could nuture our family bonding and live a good life.

I am curious how others feel about this. Surely, The Villagers have had families. I know that some retirees would love to be left to pursue their retirement without their fanily, I guess. I'm sure most would love to have their family nearby.