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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are turning this into way too big of a deal.

I'm a dance mom. It is NOT fun to sit around and wait for your kid to dance for 2 minutes.  The grandparents who do come all end up falling asleep in their chairs.[/quote]

Honestly, if my parents never came to any kid events, I would understand. My grandparents lived further away, a distance they could go to things but it would be really tough and so they didn’t.

It’s just that this is my daughter’s only thing. It’s not like she has sport events he’s also going to. So having him actively and enthusiastically support my son but do nothing for my daughter sends a signal. It’s literally 90 minutes once a year. I just don’t understand. My mom is not into sports at all but she would never consider only sending my dad to a game. [/quote]

My dad comes to games and my mom skips. My mom also went to the dance recital while my dad skipped. At a game you can come and go as you please, you're trapped at a dance recital you can't come just for your kids part and leave right after. You're refusing to see the difference in these two types of events and the difference is vast.[/quote]

Well I danced growing up and had recitals myself for over 10 years. So I do know a bit about it. But honestly I just don’t think it’s about enjoying the activity at all. It’s about supporting your grandchild. I require my children to attend and behave well at family events that they don’t particularly enjoy and to me this seems like the same thing. I am getting the message many of you don’t feel that way and I guess it doesn’t matter what I think because I certainly can’t make him do anything. My daughter has no idea any of this conversation is happening and if he doesn’t attend I will be calm about it. There certainly are lots of other people who will be supporting her.[/quote]

Sounds like your dad has some experience too with the recitals and knows what he's getting in to. You can make this your hill to die on or find other ways your dad can bond with and support your granddaughter. She won't even be spending any of this time with him, but you've decided this is of monumental importance.[/quote]

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