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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ILs live about 5 hours from us and I think at this point we can just write them off as grandparents. 
They are kind and fun people and love children. They have 10 grandchildren local to them and do a lot with these kids. 
We have not seen them since fall of 2019, first due to Covid and then due to the fact that they weren’t available on days we wanted to visit (other grandkids had sports tournaments or they went camping with them) and they don’t respond when we ask about them visiting us. My DH is at the point where he has stopped offering to visit and stopped asking them to visit. 
My kids (13 and 10) ask when they can see their grandparents again and I am not quite sure what to tell them. 
My parents live on the other coast and we visit them for several weeks in the summer. DH’s parents are way more fun than mine, so the kids really miss having that relationship. [/quote]

Why don't you ask them when they are available?  You're ready to write them off because they've been busy the times you've wanted to visit, after a year?  Dramatic, much?  Do you ever visit your husband's siblings and your kids' cousins?  You live five hours away and it sounds like they are very involved grandparents with many grandchildren near them.  
Do you just ask them to visit, or do you invite them for specific dates and events?  Do you go there for the holidays?  Does his family have big gatherings on Thanksgiving or Christmas or whatever big holidays they celebrate?  [/quote]

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