Those of you whose parents live abroad….

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….because THEY’VE chosen to move abroad, how do you feel about it?

My parents are saying they’re going to be moving abroad in the new year. I know the consensus on MN is always ‘they don’t owe you anything, if they want to gk you should be happy for them’ etc but they’ve got very little money and are both getting on so who will look after them in old age etc I have no idea.

I’m also hurt and sad that they want to move away from their children and grandchildren for the sole reason that they want a bigger house?! (They’ve said that’s their reason for moving, they could afford a much bigger house in this country)

If you have parents that have chosen to move abroad,
are you okay with it? How do you move past the feelings of sadness and resentment?

I don’t actually think they would be happier where they’re planning on going, you can’t run from your problems, they follow you wherever you go. They’ll also know no one and be far away from their child, grandchildren and friends, zero suppprt network and they seem to think we’ll be over visiting them multiple times a year….not going to happen, we spelled that out to them yesterday

This is pretty much my parents' experience now OP.