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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously, you can get on a plane and be there for any signficant events your family wants you there for and you won't haunt them when they don't want you...[/quote]

OMG!  I had to read this twice to make sure that this is actually an adult child talking about their parents. OP, can you have any lower standards as this! I am a grandparent and feel so sad for your family. You will most likely feel a need to call names and attack me but seriously, you need help. [/quote]

The boomer generation believes they’re wanted everywhere, all the time, and expects everyone to rearrange their schedules for them. Guess what - we don’t!

Grandparents are great and there’s a time and place, but too often the boomer generation of grandparents tries to take over - family vacations, holidays, etc and make it about them. Let your kids grow and breathe for gods sake!

The fact that some - not all - grandparents try and demand their adult children move nearer or finance their own move because THEY want it, is just so mind boggling. [b]It’s the level of entitlement [/b]that so many boomer grandparents show that we all object to. [/quote]

True. We visited every year for holidays and spent our money and limited vacation time to do so. Meanwhile, ILs did not visit often. Eventually, I said we needed to spend some of the limited vacation time seeing different places. I even suggested meeting up with ILs in a different location but they were not into it. They wanted us at their house...[/quote]

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