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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My grandma was like this.  We lived on the same road as my cousins, and she clearly favored them (her daughter's children) over us (her son's children).  My dad used to say it was because mothers are naturally closer to daughters, so this was why Grandma would visit the cousins and not us (we knew this because we would often plan at the cousins' house, and Grandma would be hanging out with my aunt, and would not stop at our house).  She would also bring gifts to my same-age girl cousin and not to me: I remember a stream of American Girl dolls (three of them from Grandma to cousin, and I didn't have one), My Little Ponies, a bike, etc).

I realized in my 20s just how mean this was.  It turned out that Grandma just really didn't like my mom.  But it made me feel terrible as a kid. [/quote]

This seems different than if you were in the same family.

I have 3 kids, one of them is a daughter. I can see hanging out with her and her family much more than my sons one day. More because my sons don’t want to hang out with me! If one day, the daughter in law and I didn’t get along, I wouldn’t necessarily equally visit and buy things for their house, which I may not be welcome. [/quote]

You need therapy. You're already creating issues with non existent daughters-in-law. You are going to be a problem. [/quote]

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