Daughter abroad doesn’t want us to move too far from airport

You do what suits you, who wants to live near a major airport!
She’s done what suits her after all and isn’t a child.

she is going to have to suck it up I'm afraid

I would be looking on RightMove to find my forever

You should do whatever you want to do and move to wherever you want to.

Don’t give in to threats from your adult child, who has made her choice to live away from you. She is blackmailing you to live where it suits her. Live where your quality of life will be better.

Do the move,your daughter only comes home 1-3 times a year. She can get on a train if she can fly thousands of miles. X

Is there no alternative airport? Could she make a transfer to Norwich perhaps? If not then it is your lives and as you say your daughter has chosen her life which you have supported. I can understand her feeling disappointed in the added difficulty but to accuse you of being selfish is ridiculous. Moving to Norfolk will probably provide you with a better value home as property is cheaper there. Just make sure you have a good reliable wi fi so you can keep regular contact with her. These days that would be my top priority.

Sorry did not mean to put the X also why is she using a bus, a train would be quicker?

I’d move and I wouldn’t pick her up either, she’s a grown up and being rather selfish.

Do what suits you BEST!

You have to look after yourselves and do what's best for you. Surely just once or twice a year your daughter can make a bit of extra effort to visit you in Norfolk.

Move home - it’s your life, live it how you would like to. Your daughter will have to sort out the travelling she would need to do on the few occasions she does visit you. As others point out, there are other airports.
At the moment she is trying to dictate what you can and can’t do in order to suit her - don’t allow her to.

Your D's the one being selfish. She's made her choice to live where she wants too, and you're entitled to do the same.

This is emotional blackmail and you really shouldn't give in to it. Move wherever you will be happy and enjoy your life.. She will still visit..

Well, she chose to live an 8 hour (or whatever it is) flight away, so tough. If she drives, I wouldn’t have thought it such a big deal to book a hire car and drive to you. Maybe stay overnight at the airport if she’d feel too tired.

So glad to see the support for Mel125 For heavens sake she was the one who moved abroad - a move you supported. enjoy Norfolk - its great!

I’m with the overwhelming majority!
Who wants to live beneath a flight path?
Norfolk to Stansted is no distance and anyway given the chance of flying into Heathrow,Gatwick or Stansted (not to mention Birmingham etc) how could you possibly accommodate all options?

Your DD is looking at things through her own glasses only.

Go for it! Norfolk is lovely, and she could maybe fly to Norwich via Schiphol?

There's a frequent train service from Stansted to Cambridge and then various trains to different parts of Norfolk.

Move where you want to live. It's your life.

It was she who moved away
Now it is your turn to retire to somewhere lovely, wherever you choose.

National Express? Straight from Heathrow Bus Station to a town near your new location. You can pick her up from there, it's easy, we have done it many times.

rafichagran

Sorry did not mean to put the X also why is she using a bus, a train would be quicker?

The National Express coach is so easy to use.

Good heavens, she moved to the USA, but you are expected to plan your twilight years around her twice-a-year journey from Stansted?
speechless

She has a cheek to try to influence your life to suit herself. Suggest to her that she moves back to England and when she tells you all the reasons that she does not want to do that , tell her the same applies to you! Absolutely go for it and choose your own retirement place. You are more likely to have a good retirement near friends , who will be there for the day to day life, rather than suiting her . It will probably be cheaper for you to live in Norfolk , so that you may have more money to do things that you like too.
I would suggest a couple of things you might consider before actually moving. Could you stay in a hotel or b and b for about a week in the autumn or winter? Places can look lovely in the summer, but how is getting about etc in poorer weather? What is transport like if you could not drive, are you near libraries , shops, doctors etc . You probably have quite a choice of transport where you live now. We dont look at these sorts of things when we are on holiday. Ask your friends what the good and bad points of living there are Sit down and write yourselves a list of things you like to do and things that you dislike and consider how these will work in the new place. If you have friends who have moved over the last year or two ask them what things they had not expected and what was their best and worst things about the move. If you live in a house, would it be something to think about moving to a bungalow, which would mean that you could live there much longer if mobility became a problem? In other words find out what suits you , and you could check if there was a train, or onward flight to Norfolk, but that would be as far as I would go to suit your daughter. Good luck and I hope you find something that suits you.