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Who else lives away from their family?

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Thewheelsonthebus23 · 23/05/2020 14:31

I live 4 hours drive away from my parents, brother and extended family. My in laws live just around the corner.
We’ve seen them for socially distant walks. However I have no idea when I’ll see my own parents again and therefore when they’ll see my DS again. It’s really making me sad, because I feel like even when they do lift restrictions on seeing family in their own home or yours, you won’t be able to stay overnight. I doubt B&Bs etc will be open by then either. Then I fear with lifting restrictions there will be another spike and it’ll be lockdown again, before I get a chance to see them.

I know there will be some on here with family abroad too.

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Crosswordocelot · 23/05/2020 20:29

My parents have died - my dad died not long before lock down.my inlaws live 1.5 hours away. I feel glad we saw them just before lockdown but would Love to see them again.

Theukisgreatt · 23/05/2020 20:32

My immediate family are now all within half an hour but it doesn't make much difference, I have seen any of them since lockdown.

Theukisgreatt · 23/05/2020 20:33

haven't *

ChocChip01 · 23/05/2020 21:00

Mine and DH parents are 3 hours away. Last saw my parents beginning of March and DH parents at Christmas. Sad times as they are missing out on seeing grandchildren. It’s hard when you see neighbours have family come round to sit in the garden!

BritWifeinUSA · 23/05/2020 22:14

I’m 5000 miles from my family. My mum should have been here right now visiting for the first time in 2 years. Don’t know when I’ll see her again.

mollypuss1 · 23/05/2020 22:34

All my family live 3 hours away, except my brother who lives in Russia. Doubt I’ll see him this year.

GindependantWoman · 23/05/2020 22:37

I'm two hours away. Honestly couldn't care less. That's what phones are for. It would be very different if there was a new addition that they hadn't met. Sometimes I wonder if I have a heart because everyone else seems so bothered by it.

SociallyDistanced2020 · 23/05/2020 23:01

I feel the same. I have two family members within half an hour's drive. They are elderly and have health conditions. I have seen them both twice since lockdown when dropping off essentials to them.
My other family are all 3/3.5hrs away and about 40mins from each other.
My OH's family are all 4-5 hrs away and amongst themselves they are 40mins-2hrs apart from each other.
No idea when we're going to see any of them again.
We have plenty of friends locally but the talk of 'bubbles' as an initial stage of the lifting of lockdown makes me sad as I'm not sure we would have anyone wanting to share a bubble with us as their local family would rightly come first.

Holothane · 23/05/2020 23:03

In-laws who I love are hours away in touquay.

Darkbendis · 23/05/2020 23:14

We are in Scotland. The rest of the family (parents, siblings and their families) are in England (at least 5 hours' drive) and in Europe. We haven't met any of them since February - only on Skype, Zoom, Facetime... and we know it will still be a while until we can travel to visit each other.

wobblywibble · 24/05/2020 00:18

My parents live three hours away and ILs are all in France.
DH is ok with not seeing his parents regularly but looks like we won't get to see them for our planned summer holiday which is sad.
I'm incredibly close to my parents and we usually go and stay once a month for a long weekend....haven't see them since February.

My mum is so fed up and wanted us to go and stay next weekend until some neighbors said they'd been reporting holiday home owners who'd been turning up. Parents are now driving up here for the day next weekend just to see us and spend time with their grandson.

I don't really want them driving all this way but I'm also concerned about my mums MH if they don't come 😔

Spamellahamella · 24/05/2020 08:04

We're two hours. Suppose it would be possible in a day trip and it might have to come to that.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 24/05/2020 08:15

I'm 400 miles from my parents, who are in their late 80s and shielding because my dad has COPD. It takes me all day to get there because there's a ferry involved. No idea when I will next be able to go up there. I can't risk carrying infection to them. How could I live with myself if I did that? If I could get an antibody test and be confident I've already had it (which is a possibility, as I'm pretty sure my husband has had it very mildy) that would be a gamechanger. Not likely any time soon, though, and the Scottish government would have to change the rules on who can get on the ferry (I can't, currently, as I am not a resident, and quite right too).

It's tough. It's one of the reasons I'm incandescent about Dominic Cummings bombing up and down the motorway to Durham, apparently at will.

SpringerJS · 24/05/2020 08:27

Me too. My parents are under a stricter lockdown as they live in Wales, about 300 miles from me. My brother is similar distance in the other direction, and my sisters are in Singapore. We have moved around quite a bit with work and I am really starting to wish that we hadn’t.

Toomboom · 24/05/2020 08:36

My parents live 150 miles away. At the moment I have no idea when I will next be able to see them.
My son lives in Canada. I was due to fly in July. Was going to meet my new grandchild for the first time. I can't see that happening now, especially with quarantine there and in the UK when I get back. Flight still hasn't been cancelled, but I don't think it will happen.

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