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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a Grandma and my greatest joy is seeing my grandkids. My kids somehow manage to indulge me about 5 nights a week. [/quote]

You are probably like my MIL, who is attentive and loving to my DD on FaceTime and also respectful to the point of being silly when it comes to being careful of our time and boundaries.

Meanwhile my own mom throws a fit about how we never talk to her. Maybe it’s because when she wants to “FaceTime DD” she really just wants to get attention for herself and gets frustrated and impatient if DD isn’t the proper performing monkey she expects. And much like PP above, she expects all of this to line up with her schedule and refuses to flex around the unpredictable schedule of a small child in a different time zone.

Advice for relatives: if make an effort to give you time with their kids, be grateful and respectful and they’ll give you more. Otherwise think about how you act during calls and how you treat people between them.

I’ll also add that my own mom had me talk for ~3 minutes/month to her mom on the phone and sent school photos 1x/year. So it’s not like I’m turning my back on some ancient family tradition of close communication and connection. [/quote]

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