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Originally Posted by mayBavillager
I am having the same problem as your wife. My husband has been ready to come there for years. We first came to TV at age 49 and I was no where ready then. We went to FL many times after that (Orlando, Ft Meyers, West Palm Beach etc) and every time we always made time to go view the model homes again and again. I began to like it more however, always felt I cannot leave my kids. Well, I retired at age 62 and we rented for a month just this April 2011 and loved it. Now we have 2 grand children, 4 yrs old and 17 months and I really don't want to leave them because I do not want them to grow up and not know us and I will miss them. The oldest is very bonded to my husband. My husband also tells me, we can come home and visit and stay from Thanksgiving till Xmas and also in the summer and they can come visit anytime. Many tell me, we have our own lives to live now. Anyway, long story short, the house is going on the market probably tomorrow as the realtor came today to take pictures. We have lived in the same city all our lives and in this same house for 35 years. I am excited and yet nervous too. I want to come to TV a lot yet at the same time feel unsure because of the grand children, but I also love the idea of having a brand new house..... ughhh who knew there would be so many decisions when I retired....
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Speaking from experience in raising our kids 12 hours away from both my and husband's parents, your grandchildren will know you and have a special bond, even from brief visits of 2-3 days several times throughout the year. Grandparents and their grandchildren have a unique relationship that distance does not fade. The Villages is the only place I know of where kids could have more fun with their grandparents than they could ever have at grandparents' past homes. See video in this month's V-Mail:
http://www.thevillages.com/newsletter/201109/share.htm
The fun and bonding available here for grandparents and their grandchildren makes it far more appealing to visit here.