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[quote=Anonymous]... because that would have meant my father couldn't have bonded with 5 year old DD. He never goes anywhere without my mother.

So this Christmas, I invited them both. My father is so good with small children: he cooks and cleans up, can persuade any kid to eat his vegetables, plays with them on the floor, can do bath, teeth, story (with a heavy accent but never mind) etc. AND comb a bouncy kid's long tangled hair. He invents silly stories and makes DD laugh all day. She has been snuggling up to him these past two days, and has declared he's so much fun (yet he served her kale and ginger noodle soup, which I can't do).

It's so worth it. My mother has done pretty horrible stuff in the past, but right now she's restrained herself to telling DD she was fat and couldn't eat dessert (not true), chiding her that she should be playing like the musician on classical WETA (DD has just started playing her instrument), and generally contradicting herself every 5 seconds, denying it and playing the victim, as per usual.

But it's worth it, because DD doesn't pay any attention to her and is just enjoying her Grandpa. Grandpa is very happy too.

Fingers crossed that it remains this way until the end of their stay!

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