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Disnut

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Uponastar said:
Oh dear.
When you and he talked this weekend, did you really talk? Or just kinda dance around the subject leaving the other one to read into what he/she will? I'm asking because this is a real lay-your-cards-on-the-table type of problem. You have to talk this one out long and hard. . .and lay out every option and obstacle. Your jobs, your families and your own personal wants and needs. Ya gotta talk!
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Nemo14 said:
Every relationship requires compromise, and this one is really a biggie. My kids have grown up without really knowing my mom except for our annual Florida trips, and her one weekper year up here. It's hard, but you pretty much have to make it work. You decide your priorities, and then you work within them. I'd caution the idea of living half-way between, because it seems to me that the end result of that would be that neither family really gets to see them, and you wouldn't want that either.
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You both have good things to say.
 
Uponastar

Uponastar

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maggiegrace1 said:
Thanks...

Thanks..I know...

They did AMAZING this year though and Im still a proud Saints fan!!
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When the Eagles blow it, as they do year after year, the fans and the city are still grateful for the ride. For a while, even if it's a very short while, life was a little more interesting and exciting! Your area will feel the same. . .and then some. The Saints gave them something they really needed. . .a little hope and some good old-fashioned fun!
 
maggiegrace1

maggiegrace1

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I know..If the weather holds out Imgonna go welcome them back tonight at the airport...

Im still proud of them......Drew Brees is my husband you know..:)
 
mpoppins76

mpoppins76

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Disnut said:
I don't know how I would handle that problem. I have never been there. Sorry. All I can say is if it is meant to be it will work out.
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Uponastar said:
Oh dear.
When you and he talked this weekend, did you really talk? Or just kinda dance around the subject leaving the other one to read into what he/she will? I'm asking because this is a real lay-your-cards-on-the-table type of problem. You have to talk this one out long and hard. . .and lay out every option and obstacle. Your jobs, your families and your own personal wants and needs. Ya gotta talk!
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Nemo14 said:
Every relationship requires compromise, and this one is really a biggie. My kids have grown up without really knowing my mom except for our annual Florida trips, and her one weekper year up here. It's hard, but you pretty much have to make it work. You decide your priorities, and then you work within them. I'd caution the idea of living half-way between, because it seems to me that the end result of that would be that neither family really gets to see them, and you wouldn't want that either.
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Thanks, guys. Usually when this comes up, we do tend to dance around it..but this weekend we REALLY talked about it, which is what has me worried. All along we've put US #1 and have said that all of that stuff will work itself out when it happens. I see what you're saying about the half-way between idea, Betty. That makes alot of sense. I know that I don't want to go back to Nebraska, so maybe we are better off out here. It'll just be really hard. My parents don't fly, my Mom has never flown but that may be something they'll have to get over when the time comes.
It's just so different from the way I grew up. My generation has been the first one to leave the nest...me, my sister, and 1 of my cousins have left but before that everyone stayed and are all in the same city in NE. Both sets of my grandparents were w/in 5 minutes of us...my grandma was my very, very best friend. And I was playmates w/ all of my cousins. It's just weird to think of my kids not having that, but I supposed they wouldn't have anyway since I don't want to live back there.
 
mpoppins76

mpoppins76

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maggiegrace1 said:
I know..If the weather holds out Imgonna go welcome them back tonight at the airport...

Im still proud of them......Drew Brees is my husband you know..:)
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You really should be proud, Dana. All rivalry aside, they really have done very well this season. Which is exactly what your city needed. Sorry it had to be against my team :(
 
Nemo14

Nemo14

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mpoppins76 said:
Thanks, guys. Usually when this comes up, we do tend to dance around it..but this weekend we REALLY talked about it, which is what has me worried. All along we've put US #1 and have said that all of that stuff will work itself out when it happens. I see what you're saying about the half-way between idea, Betty. That makes alot of sense. I know that I don't want to go back to Nebraska, so maybe we are better off out here. It'll just be really hard. My parents don't fly, my Mom has never flown but that may be something they'll have to get over when the time comes.
It's just so different from the way I grew up. My generation has been the first one to leave the nest...me, my sister, and 1 of my cousins have left but before that everyone stayed and are all in the same city in NE. Both sets of my grandparents were w/in 5 minutes of us...my grandma was my very, very best friend. And I was playmates w/ all of my cousins. It's just weird to think of my kids not having that, but I supposed they wouldn't have anyway since I don't want to live back there.
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I had that too - I grew up in a small town (on a farm) out in the sticks. It was fun for the most part, I had tons of siblings, cousins, and aunts and uncles, but it's not what I wanted for my kids - I knew it, and my kids have had equally fun people in their lives, and they do see some of their cousins.
 
Uponastar

Uponastar

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mpoppins76 said:
Thanks, guys. Usually when this comes up, we do tend to dance around it..but this weekend we REALLY talked about it, which is what has me worried. All along we've put US #1 and have said that all of that stuff will work itself out when it happens. I see what you're saying about the half-way between idea, Betty. That makes alot of sense. I know that I don't want to go back to Nebraska, so maybe we are better off out here. It'll just be really hard. My parents don't fly, my Mom has never flown but that may be something they'll have to get over when the time comes.
It's just so different from the way I grew up. My generation has been the first one to leave the nest...me, my sister, and 1 of my cousins have left but before that everyone stayed and are all in the same city in NE. Both sets of my grandparents were w/in 5 minutes of us...my grandma was my very, very best friend. And I was playmates w/ all of my cousins. It's just weird to think of my kids not having that, but I supposed they wouldn't have anyway since I don't want to live back there.
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I know it's hard to accept that your kids won't have the same type of upbringing that you did. But different doesn't have to mean bad.
 

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