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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I'd definitely encourage therapy to grieve. I am sorry for this loss you feel.

While sure, they may be hope of late kids (especially if you have sons) I think the best thing to do is learn to process this in a healthy way. Your feelings do matter, but obviously don't supercede or dictate the choices of your children. So might as well accept it with some help.

My MIL has had a hard time grieving that her only daughter is childfree by choice (100%). We have one teen (so MIL has one grandchild but we do not live close). It has been sad for me to watch MIL say things like "Oh, son-in-law would be such a good stay at home dad, that must be their plan!" or "I noticed the way they look at your kid, they must be thinking about it" or "Son (my DH) will change his mind and you'll have more children I know it!" when in reality, absolutely none of those things were ever going to happen, and she had been directly told this many times. It would have been healthier for her and less irritating/painful for everyone else if she'd worked through the feelings earlier.  [/quote]

I'd give anything to see just one thread that doesn't digress into MIL bashing.[/quote]

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