tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897540199159877084.post1907608360168749936..comments2024-03-21T04:18:22.646-06:00Comments on a police wife: supportMrs. Fuzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05092899828605739840noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897540199159877084.post-76586298877125386592009-06-17T11:00:49.742-06:002009-06-17T11:00:49.742-06:00We live close enough to my family that we can get ...We live close enough to my family that we can get together with them easily, the same with Smith's Mom. We are also far enough away that we can get a break when we need it. (And we are far enough from my sister to have very little contact - hurray! Long story.)<br /><br />My parents and brother have been amazingly supportive. They helped make holidays and birthdays shine for the kids when Mrs. "Smith"https://www.blogger.com/profile/06332258016970559479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897540199159877084.post-71688905302092622782009-06-17T08:12:39.827-06:002009-06-17T08:12:39.827-06:00Oh, I wish I lived near you and you could drop a k...Oh, I wish I lived near you and you could drop a kid or two off at my house to play with my kids! :-O I would love that. I could have written your post almost word for word... seconding the lack of family support, needing my family, meeting more police wives, needing to leave.. ha ha should I just copy and paste your post?! :D j/k<br /><br />For me, my inlaws are an hour away and my family KDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760890662355890558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897540199159877084.post-17225538633895924432009-06-16T22:58:25.249-06:002009-06-16T22:58:25.249-06:00I love having my family around,we see each other a...I love having my family around,we see each other all the time. We live near both sides.One of my sisters lives 10 houses down from me and the rest, my dad,brothers,sisters and their families(theres 28 of us) live within a 10 mile radius of each other.I love that they are all so close especially my sister.My hubbys parents live about 1/2 a mile away and thats not a problem. As for support I can goMrsMonicaLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652099038567870611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897540199159877084.post-53669739121625768382009-06-16T20:48:32.703-06:002009-06-16T20:48:32.703-06:00I am the mother of a cop....and he lives about 1 h...I am the mother of a cop....and he lives about 1 hour away. I think that is too far away and he probably thinks it is not far enough. I don't get to see nearly enough of him. His ex-wife and daughter live here. He works second shift and so do I so that makes it hard. And neither of us gets weekends off (I'm a nurse)...It's good to have family close I thinkthelifeihadbeforehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793522008159900697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897540199159877084.post-81335701660328440822009-06-16T18:14:18.766-06:002009-06-16T18:14:18.766-06:00I'm the officer in our marriage, but even so, ...I'm the officer in our marriage, but even so, support is key. Hubby is a firefighter, so we are two shift workers raising our family. <br /><br />Both sets of in-laws live nearby (or near enough to count) and are ready and willing to help out. We really couldn't have done it without them, especially when the kids were infants.<br /><br />The set up is perfect, as all of us get along verySandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342010256396144354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897540199159877084.post-67817389447251159692009-06-16T11:46:42.947-06:002009-06-16T11:46:42.947-06:00We're sort of near the hubs' parents (they...We're sort of near the hubs' parents (they live a half hour away), but they're not as involved as I wish they were. My parents live a 12 hour drive away, and they're currently trying to work things out to move here (my dad recently lost his job, so the timing is right). <br /><br />I've always been family oriented, although literally half of my family lives overseas and I haveErinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12321505516350090098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897540199159877084.post-37231720886364418882009-06-16T09:00:38.576-06:002009-06-16T09:00:38.576-06:00About 5 hours away from my family, which is about ...About 5 hours away from my family, which is about right. We're all a bunch of opinionated, mouthy, hard-heads, so while we'd "go to guns" for each other in a heartbeat, get togethers are fairly argumentative!<br /><br />His family (mother mostly) dislikes me, the rest of them are fine, and they live 2/3 of a continent away. No problems there.<br /><br />We have one couple we'Meadowlarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208672418814503032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897540199159877084.post-37486616230813802872009-06-16T07:54:07.716-06:002009-06-16T07:54:07.716-06:00We're nowhere near our family. We have good f...We're nowhere near our family. We have good friends and I know they'd come through for us in a pinch or a crisis. But, it's not the same. Like you, I just want to go visit family for the weekend or have dinner one night. And either family would be great. We're lucky in that respect... we both love our inlaws.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18308394263090741207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897540199159877084.post-44732708123271182742009-06-16T01:27:00.259-06:002009-06-16T01:27:00.259-06:00We live near all our family. At times I hate it be...We live near all our family. At times I hate it because they interfere with things. There are some times I appreciate having them near but None of them are supportive in the way that a PW needs.<br /><br />I have support forums that i turn to when i have "Police" related problems. My RL friends really have no clue either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com