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[quote=Anonymous]Grandparents get to decide what kind of grandparents they will be.  My parents chose to be 'vacation and holiday' grandparents and they live quite a bit closer (coastal NC).  I would have liked for them to visit more often and take an interest in their grandchildren.  But once they were past the baby stage, they stopped.  We vist 3-5 times a year to try to to keep up the relationship.  We tried skype and facetime, but we have to be the ones that initiate it all the time and the one way relationship gets tiring over time.

For some of it, for my parents, it is age.  They are 82 and 84.  Until now, they have been able to travel extensively, just not to us.

It still hurts from time to time and my in-laws were also not involved.  They were burned out of grandparenthood when my children came around (they were the 10th and 11th) and MIL had a late diagnosis of Alzeimer's around the time the sewcond was born.  Both have passed.

We tried to find some local "replacements" through out Congregation, but that hasn't worked.  My children are now 14 and 16.

I don't have any wise words of wisdom, but to say that you can't change them, you can only change how you react and deal with it - they are what they are.  It isn't easy.  It still hits me sometimes, like at last year's orchestra concert and I saw "Billy's" grandparents - again.....

Good luck![/quote]

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