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[quote=Anonymous]What your your inlaws like as parents?

Growing up I had one set of grandparents who I was very close to. They took us all the time, and we spent a lot of time at their place. They lived pretty close to us and my mom would drop us off there all the time when she needed to run errands or if my parents were going out. My grandfather died a long time ago and I lost my grandmother this past year but she was one of my best friends through my adult life.

As much as my mother sometimes was frustrated with how involved my grandmother wanted to be, she is very much like her - she takes the kids all the time, will pick them up from school, has them for the weekend. I understand why you see others with this and wish you had it. It is pretty great - both for the parents and the kids.

My other set of grandparents lived 30 minutes away and we visited them maybe 4-5 times a year.  My grandfather was chatty but my grandmother was a very reserved, not warm and fuzzy person. I don't think they ever babysat us and visits were torture as kids as we sat on the couch and dutifully answered questions about school. This grandmother was not a warm and caring mother either. My dad was not very emotionally bonded with his mother.

I don't know if my experience pans out but certainly in my case, those who were loving and involved parents are more likely to be loving and involved grandparents and those who were not such great parents are less likely to be great as grandparents.[/quote]

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