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

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RosiesMaw Wed 29-May-24 11:05:17

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?

Granarchist Wed 29-May-24 11:02:00

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!

Witzend Wed 29-May-24 11:01:15

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.

pascal30 Wed 29-May-24 10:54:49

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..

Smileless2012 Wed 29-May-24 10:53:25

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.

Ziplok Wed 29-May-24 10:50:00

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.

AGAA4 Wed 29-May-24 10:48:12

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.

DanniRae Wed 29-May-24 10:46:15

Do what suits you BEST!

Jaxjacky Wed 29-May-24 10:40:32

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

rafichagran Wed 29-May-24 10:40:28

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

Lovetopaint037 Wed 29-May-24 10:40:28

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.

rafichagran Wed 29-May-24 10:38:37

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

maddyone Wed 29-May-24 10:33:42

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.

henetha Wed 29-May-24 10:30:27

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

GrannyGravy13 Wed 29-May-24 10:29:24

I would be looking on RightMove to find my forever

JaneJudge Wed 29-May-24 10:27:46

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

Oreo Wed 29-May-24 10:27:33

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.

Mel25 Wed 29-May-24 10:26:08

Hi everyone,
Hoping for some wisdom…my daughter has lived in the US for years and is unlikely to move back here. We live about 45 minutes from Heathrow and Stansted. We are retiring and would like to move nearer friends in Norfolk. My daughter thinks we are being selfish and short sighted as it means she will have a 2 hour + journey by bus (which she says she won’t do) or we have a 4 hour journey there and back to collect her from the airport. Is it wrong to think we have always encouraged her to live her life and we should be ‘allowed’ to choose to live near friends wherever we want? She visits between 1-3 times a year. I don’t want to dismiss her but it would be nice, for once, to please ourselves. If my mum had had similar plans I’d have been delighted for her. Am I missing something? Thank you!