My wife is from Australia and we met here in Bangalore. We have been living in Koramangala for almost 8 years now. Her entire family, all her uncles, aunties, and cousins, are back in Australia. We visit them once in a blue moon, like every 1-2 years.
Now, we have a little champ, he's two years old. The newborn phase was super tough, man. No support, just me and my wife handling everything. Since the kiddo was born, I've been feeling major FOMO about raising him so far from her family. I begged my folks to come visit us, offered to pay for their flights and all, but no luck. They haven't come even once in all these years. My family did not approve of our marriage so that made it hell.
When our baby was just six months old, we made the epic journey to Australia so that her family could meet him. It was tiring, but worth it. But honestly, I get kinda envious when I see my other friends having their families fly over to help with their newborns. When she tells her family how I feel, they just say, "Dude, you chose to move abroad, deal with it."
I just wish they'd understand how tough it is. Anyways, life goes on.