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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well at least they like your kids...my kids are the only grand kids and Mil/FIL live 40 minutes away and are retired and literally only see the kids 4-5 times a year.  My kids both play a travel sport and the grandparents have never seen them play-- we were told the games are too early (games start between 8am and 4pm).

They just aren't interested and the kids are old enough to know it.
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I literally just checked the date and time of this post to see if I was the one who wrote it. Wow.

My ILs (DH is an only child) barely give a shit.  They show up for holidays and occasionally a sports event, but otherwise, I cannot even figure out what they do. They don't travel or have friends or have hobbies.  They don't work on their house or their garden or have friends or close relationships with other family members.  They don't go to church or work out.  Honestly, all they do is watch TV/read the paper/go to the grocery store.   And they are 20 years younger than my parents who visit often and have a great relationship with my kids.  My kids are starting to voice the fact that the IL grandparents are kind of weird.  It's pretty sad.
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