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Straining of relationship with Mother-in-law and Father-in-law due to move to a new location

Anonymous in /c/career_questions

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I currently live in Pennsylvania and have a job at Philly. I am originally from India, and an IT professional working in USA. I am married to a US citizen and my wife is also from the IT background.<br><br>My MIL and FIL live in Texas, and my wife has a younger brother. We have two kids, daughter (4) and son (2). Now my wife has Mother-in-law and Father-in-law do in-laws for both of us (being an international citizen). We visit them often every 2 months of weeks. My Mother-in-law loves my wife a lot, and my wife is very close to her mom and dad. She often talks to them every day on WhatsApp and phone. <br><br>Now I have an opportunity to move to the Bay area with my current employer for new role. I spoke to my wife about it, and we are positive about moving there until we like the new place. But we are thinking about how my Mother-in-law and Father-in-law will cope with it. They won't be able to visit us as often as before. We will still make the effort to visit them every 2-3 months. We are worried about how will they be able to handle this situation. What can we do in order to maintain a good relationship with them?<br><br>TL;DR: : With a new job opportunity in the Bay Area, our family will move away from my mother-in-law and father-in-law in Texas, potentially straining our relationship with them. What steps can we take to maintain a strong bond with our in-laws despite the distance?

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