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[quote=Anonymous]I’ll preface with this:
My parents owe me nothing. They don’t owe me a relationship with them, time with them. They don’t owe my children the gift of grandparents.

I chose to live in another city than them. I’m aware and ok with my choice.

I’ve been in therapy.

Ok:
My parents live about five hours away. They visit every couple months or so, but they only stay for the afternoon. They go see my sister on a Saturday and me on Sunday and then drive home. Sometimes we can combine visits but usually with kids schedules we cannot. My sister and I live about an hour apart.

My children are young and these short visits are stressful. I’ve explained to them many times, without emotion, that grandma and grandpa visit for one day. My children want to show them their town/playground/beach/etc…but the visits are just a couple hours long. Just enough to cramp a Sunday.

What are your thoughts on this? Would you say no to the short visits?

I did mention this to them a couple years ago. I said that the short visits are very stressful and when they come to visit it would be nice if they could stay for a little bit longer. Nonetheless, the afternoon visits every couple months continue.

I just can’t gauge my reaction.

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