Same El. I don’t buy it either. They’re in the same country ffs. They have the wherewithal to travel back and forth as often as they like.
Unlike some families who, say for example, have a son who lives in Europe and a parent who lives in Melbourne and they’re lucky to see each other once every two years. And the son is missing Australia like crazy and the parent is missing the son, also like crazy. That’s just a random example, of course. ☹️