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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I understand it correctly, on the phone and in person they are perfectly happy focusing on your kids. The only issue is that you get emails you don't like. Click delete. To quote you: why do you focus on the negative? [/quote]

OP here. They will ask about the kids on the phone and in person but if we're not talking about the kids they turn to conspiracy theories. My kids are getting older and the older one is starting to notice my father is strange. I don't think he likes being around him.

The emails aren't the only issue. This is who they have become. The emails are a sign of how they spend their time. They are in their 70s. Sitting in front of a computer looking up wacky information and passing it around to your relatives and friends (yes, I know they send it to their friends) is not a positive thing. Not cool. My high school-educated grandparents did not behave this way. They were very simple people who read lots of books and watched baseball.

I try not to focus on the negative too much but this is who they have become. I don't like spending time with unpleasant people. Who does? I try to be polite and listen and divert but then get attacked with "you are a communist" or "you were brainwashed at college, see???"

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