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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems normal to me for Boomers. They are very self absorbed. [/quote]

As are all of you.  [/quote]

+1. It seems the height of self-absorption to have kids and then get pissy when someone else doesn't want to take care of them. I don't have grandchildren yet and when I do, I'll do what I can to help my kids, but I've worked hard my whole life and have earned the right to spend my time as I wish and enjoy myself, rather than going back to caregiving.[/quote]

Totally.  My mom (who's a boomer) never got over my grandmother's refusal to regularly babysit me when I was born so she could continue working.  I'm 45 and she still brings it up!  My mom was a lot older than her youngest sibling and my granparents were still raising kids themselves when I was born, it was undertandable.  I actually think my grandma helped us out a lot- she'd come stay with us for a week at a time when my parents went on trips a couple times, would have us over on a weekend afternoon or sleepover, etc.  My mom has never offered to do a fraction of that with my kids so its all just really odd to me.[/quote]

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