[La lamy]

Such a thoughtful question from a well adjusted family person, yet "grumpy old..." have to make snarky unnecessary comments. I just want to remind people that you can "IGNORE" people who typically leave rude comments, by going to "USER SETTINGS" at top of page (write out the person's name before so you'll remember, or copy and paste). On the left of the page there is a SETTINGS & OPTIONS paragraph, click on Edit Ignore List. Type in the person you want to Ignore, press OKAY and Poof, no more unnecessary grump on your feed. Very useful tool for those of us who try to avoid debbie downers. Have a great day everybody!

[Nick B]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

My wife and I have one adopted son with our daughter-in-law living close by here in Florida. Our son and wife treat my wife and I wonderful in so many ways to mention.
The four of us travel a lot, play cards, and spent a lot of time together.

Wife and I where never blessed with grandchildren and wondered about people here in Florida that just pulled up stakes and left their sons, daughters and young grandchildren some were miles out of state.

Do you feel a void part of your life by missing them dearly and being part of their lives?
Do you wish you lived closer to enjoy them besides a occasional phone call or visit?

From Happy Parents

Cheers!

Most left to get out of grandparenting. The ME GENERATION

[maggie1]

Originally Posted by La lamy

Such a thoughtful question from a well adjusted family person, yet "grumpy old..." have to make snarky unnecessary comments. I just want to remind people that you can "IGNORE" people who typically leave rude comments, by going to "USER SETTINGS" at top of page (write out the person's name before so you'll remember, or copy and paste). On the left of the page there is a SETTINGS & OPTIONS paragraph, click on Edit Ignore List. Type in the person you want to Ignore, press OKAY and Poof, no more unnecessary grump on your feed. Very useful tool for those of us who try to avoid debbie downers. Have a great day everybody!

I totally agree. It seems the same people never have a good thing to say about others that post questions. Are the posts what they call "trolling", or simply a legitimate inquiry? Who cares what the objective is, it certainly doesn't deserve the negative responses that we see from the same people again, and again, and again. The old axiom of "If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything" pretty much rings true on TOTV. Now, I'll set back and wait for the negative Nellies to respond to this, and then I'll follow the instructions on how to officially and permanently IGNORE them.

[banjobob]

I think that answer probably is true of most ,unless grandma is still “raising the grands” as in being involved in their lives daily and MUST go back to be with them. Sure I enjoy my grands and great grands and great great grands but they certainly don’t want me involved in their lives regularly .Grandparents are the past .

[Luggage]

3 kids, west coast, Ohio and Utah. my wife's brothers and sisters all move down here after we did but my sister and brothers have not. We are lucky that God invented airplanes, the internet, the telephone and zoom meetings. The only thing I really miss are New York City bagels and pizza and real Chinese food

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by banjobob

I think that answer probably is true of most ,unless grandma is still “raising the grands” as in being involved in their lives daily and MUST go back to be with them. Sure I enjoy my grands and great grands and great great grands but they certainly don’t want me involved in their lives regularly .Grandparents are the past .

Don’t leave us with the babies!

[thelegges]

I can’t imagine our children wanting us to put our life off for their children. All were happy we chose to move to a warm climate away from the snow, and the burden of worry for them, every time, the snow and freezing rain hit our north home.

Now children and grands, only worry about how long of a wait for Rise of the Resistance

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

My wife and I have one adopted son with our daughter-in-law living close by here in Florida. Our son and wife treat my wife and I wonderful in so many ways to mention.
The four of us travel a lot, play cards, and spent a lot of time together.

Wife and I where never blessed with grandchildren and wondered about people here in Florida that just pulled up stakes and left their sons, daughters and young grandchildren some were miles out of state.

Do you feel a void part of your life by missing them dearly and being part of their lives?
Do you wish you lived closer to enjoy them besides a occasional phone call or visit?

From Happy Parents

Cheers!

I recall feeling some trepidation about that particular subject before moving here. Minnesota and Florida are miles apart in just about very respect. But no problem! My wife predicted that we'd be seeing our families on a pretty regular basis. She was right. We've had more relatives visiting us here than we ever have had in Minnesota.

[oldtimes]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

My wife and I have one adopted son with our daughter-in-law living close by here in Florida. Our son and wife treat my wife and I wonderful in so many ways to mention.
The four of us travel a lot, play cards, and spent a lot of time together.

Wife and I where never blessed with grandchildren and wondered about people here in Florida that just pulled up stakes and left their sons, daughters and young grandchildren some were miles out of state.

Do you feel a void part of your life by missing them dearly and being part of their lives?
Do you wish you lived closer to enjoy them besides a occasional phone call or visit?

From Happy Parents

Cheers!

Some of us have children who moved away to different parts of the country. We could not have moved around to all of the places that they have been. We visit them and they visit us whenever possible.

[Glowfromminnesota]

I can answer a little differently. When I was 12 years old my parents retired to Florida leaving behind my much older siblings, nieces, nephews, close cousins, etc. I felt like an only child leaving behind a full big Italian/Greek family in New York moving to Florida. It started out great, summers in New York, Holidays, etc. As the years went by we saw my family less and less. Although some of my family followed my parents to Florida, many did not. Today—fast forward 50 years—I don’t know many of my nieces and nephews or great nieces and nephews. Then when my parents passed away, it was also a game changer. If you make an effort to stay connected and close, it helps. But life happens and we all go in different directions. I often wondered how things would have turned out if my parents didn’t leave New York. But they needed to live their own lives too….

[NJDiane]

We are from NJ and both of our sons relocated after they graduated from college. Family is the most important thing to us and eventually we moved to Florida, where one of my sons live, together with my daughter-in-law and now two grandsons. We have a wonderful bond with the kids, especially since we babysit a lot. My other son, with my daughter-in-law and granddaughter live in Maryland, so that’s very difficult, not being able to see them as often. If both kids lived in the same state, it would be a no-brainer, but unfortunately for us, but good for them, they left because they both got the job offers they wanted. We are all together whenever we can!

[Petersweeney]

Originally Posted by Luggage

3 kids, west coast, Ohio and Utah. my wife's brothers and sisters all move down here after we did but my sister and brothers have not. We are lucky that God invented airplanes, the internet, the telephone and zoom meetings. The only thing I really miss are New York City bagels and pizza and real Chinese's food

You can get MSG on the internet…

[chuckpedrey]

We have 7 grandchildren living in south Florida. It’s a blessing to be close enough to have them visit The Villages and for us to be able to drive to their homes down the turnpike. Sometimes we watch the kids and the parents get a weekend away by themselves.

[SandyPd56]

I moved to Florida 6 years ago after getting divorced. I met a wonderful person who asked me to move here. I have two grown children and two grandchildren who I left behind in NE. I miss them all very much but I'm fortunate enough to be able to go home and visit with them several times a year. I also face time with my daughter every week and talk to the grandchildren. It gets easier with the passing of time but you don't stop missing them.

[airstreamingypsy]

Originally Posted by La lamy

Such a thoughtful question from a well adjusted family person, yet "grumpy old..." have to make snarky unnecessary comments. I just want to remind people that you can "IGNORE" people who typically leave rude comments, by going to "USER SETTINGS" at top of page (write out the person's name before so you'll remember, or copy and paste). On the left of the page there is a SETTINGS & OPTIONS paragraph, click on Edit Ignore List. Type in the person you want to Ignore, press OKAY and Poof, no more unnecessary grump on your feed. Very useful tool for those of us who try to avoid debbie downers. Have a great day everybody!

Thank you, I didn't know that. I don't understand why people from the "friendliest hometown" are so snarky. I couldn't find anything in the OP that deserved a snark.