Posted by JML755 on August 09, 2018 at 05:37:08 from (166.137.12.85):
In Reply to: OT families posted by kickinbull on August 09, 2018 at 04:32:42:
Wife's side, not very often, just special days: Christmas, Thanksgiving, MIL,FIL b'days. My side we used to celebrate everyone's birthday by grouping them by month. With 6 in the family plus spouses,kids, nieces/nephews that meant we'd get together just about every month. Then the kids grew and got spread out over the country so now it's just Christmas and the occasional bbq (haven't had one this year yet).
Seems people are just busier these days. Two of my kids being out of state in jobs with little leisure time (attorneys), we see them at Christmas and when they travel overseas (at least twice a year) when they drop their dogs off for us to dog-sit.
I know our neighbors have their kids over for dinner every Sunday and the wife talks to them every day.
We encouraged our kids to be independent from an early age on. We've seen a lot of "failure to launch" situations around us and wanted to avoid having 30+ yr old kids still living at home. IMO, it doesn't do them any favors.
We'd like to have the kids around a little more but it is what it is and we enjoy it when they do come.
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