My Dh grew up just down the road from a beach and spent much of his childhood in the water doing various water sports- surfing, waterskiing, boating, swimming and just generally having fun.
He has now moved away from the beach and now that we have the 2 boys of our own- has become obsessed with bringing them up near water.
i grew up a good 1.5hrs drive from the nearest surf beach, so never really experienced 'beach culture' the way that he did (except on various summer holidays i guess). i am happy with where we live (same area as i grew up in), but dh is becoming increasingly restless and is convinced that as our boys get older they will become bored, and doesn't want them to miss out on being surfie boys
how important do you think it is for boys to be near the water? would you uproot your family to be near the beach? any experiences?
Boys girls or otherwise i would definitely uproot my family to be near the ocean. But i think i have salt water in my veins. We've always lived near the ocean, it's killing me being so far away.
I don't think kids who don't live near the ocean miss out, and i think your boys will be fine wherever you live. But when you've grown up with that lifestyle and loved it so much i can definitely understand why he wants that for his boys.
Hun, my boys do just fine not living near the beach. But I guess it's what you are used to. My BIL grew up by the beach and wouldn't move away for anything, so I can see how it's different if you are used to something. Is there anywhere you could live that would be a compromise?
yes this is definitley a compromise. i have said that i will only do 'beach' if it is a small coastal/ country town type place. definitely not near a big city. i'm sort of open to the idea, i quite like the idea of moving to a nice small community. i guess i just don't place as much importance on being near water as he does, but like you say, i guess it's just whatever you're used to.
hubby grew up there too and love sthe beach lifestyle etc
I love the beach too and the thought of moving now has me all excited except for moving away from my family
But we can't affrd to buy here
We can there
We are 45 minutes in good traffic to the beach
There we can walk to the beach
Here I cant get DS is a playgroup (too full) or Preschool / Daycare of any kind
There they have several cheap playgroups and preschools with availabilities
It would be a great place to raise a family
We are up 4 it
have you thought about it anymore?
Where is it BTW?
Boys and the Beach....
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