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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom was born during WW II and she’s the exact same way. Her mother really pitched in ands helped with us as kids a lot. I think it’s a personality thing. My grandma was extroverted and helpful. She raised a daughter who’s introverted and selfish. Perhaps she coddled my mom too much and created a person who wants everyone to do for her instead of paying all the help forward. [/quote]
I see a lot of similarities between your relatives and mine. Greatest generation grandma bent over backwards to help boomer mom and was always there for her. Grandma had each grandchild stay with her individually and got to know them and their interests.

Now boomer is a grandmother. She doesn’t help any of her children. She doesn’t spend much time with grandchildren. Boomer and grandchildren don’t really know each other and have very awkward social interactions as a result. This didn’t happen because boomer is so elderly; first grandchild arrived when boomer was only 60 and boomer’s always been this kind of grandparent.[/quote]

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