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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wondering about this observation of my family and friends' families. The grandparents who are willing to help parents out--especially grandparents who are happy to take the grandkids for a few hours or a weekend so that mom and dad can have some couple time--seem to be successfully married. Like they understand what couples need to reconnect and how hard it can be with young kids. OTOH, grandparents who are not willing are oftentimes divorced or unhappily married and they either (still) don't understand or are unwilling to help out their kids in this way. Anecdotal, but wondering if anyone else has observed this?[/quote]

I think this is a wonderful observation!

My parents are together and happily married and would do ANYTHING to help us out. They don't even live in state, and they have flown in to take care of the kids for a weekend. DH's parents are divorced, and while they would help us in a bind, they are not as generous about their time. DH's parents are also in terrible second marriages as well, so I'm sure that's part of it. [/quote]

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