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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You sound whiny because you expect them to travel to you more because your poor husband doesn't like Hawaii and you can't bear to spend time apart from him.   And then your parents still don't meet your expectations when you visit.

[b]Guess what?   They spent years raising you and working.   Now they can afford to travel and live in their dream destination.   Good for them!    I'm sorry they don't live up to your ideas of doting parents/grandparents, but they've earned their right to enjoy themselves.[/b]  [/quote]

Not OP, but some of us don't ascribe to this.  It's ridiculous to have children and then basically give up a relationship with them once they reach adulthood.  You sound pretty mean-spirited.  Do you have children?  Do you plan to essentially stop spending time with them the minute they graduate college?  They'll grow to loathe and resent you, just so you know.  My mother is like this and while we were once close, now that she is utterly self-involved every minute of every day, our relationship is very strained.  It's her loss, just like it will be yours.  [/quote]

But ops parents do visit.   Just not as often as op wants.  [/quote]

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