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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents and in-laws always lived close by but we still didn’t see them often, and neither set were the grandparents we thought they’d be.  I think that generation liked the idea of being grandparents and being able to show their friends pictures of the grandkids, but not the actual role itself.[/quote]

Yes, exactly this.[/quote]

It's all about bragging rights, for better or worse, OP. [/quote]

+3 We got a lot of demands, and no help whatsoever. Ever.

My mil was obsessed with having grandchildren. She pushed and pushed and once we had them, they had no interest.

My ils live less than an hour away. My family is a plane ride away. My ils never saw our kids. They like to travel and before a big trip would send us a message that they wanted to come by on a specific date and time just to get pictures to show their friends when they travelled. If the time didn't work for us they would not consider another time. They never got to know our kids. My mom, who I was never close to, went out of her way to visit and is close with our kids. [/quote]

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