Spoonerist
Footballguy
My mom lives 6 doors down. It's pretty great.Mrs. Eephus' mom and stepfather live on the other side of SF. It's been great having them close by this year although I haven't been able to go over to their place and help out around the house as much.Our new houses will be 1.5 miles apart! They are moving over to my town, and I'm happy about that. After not living in the same state as my Mom since I was 17, she and my stepfather moved out here five years ago, and we were two miles apart. She didn't quite get the idea that you just cannot "drop by" my house unexpectedly and have me be happy about it, especially since I work from home, but I think I trained her. Then we both moved 2-3 years ago and right now we're an hour apart, which isn't the best. They are in their mid/late 70s, and even though healthy and fine, it would feel better to have them closer for when they hit the point of needing my help.
I've mentioned before my in-laws live in the subdivision behind us. That's good too for my wife being able to help out with their failing health and my father in laws cancer but my mom is super healthy (healthier than me, certainly) and it's still great, even for the silly, let the pets out, borrow a cup of milk, etc.. stuff.
Plus, my mom always calls or texts first, despite (because?) being 6 doors down and the in-laws never do .