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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish there was a way to match people who would like to be grandparents with children who don’t have any local grandparents who actively engage with them. My SIL has parents who aren’t very interested in her kids and neither are her in-laws. She’s sad that her kids have 4 living grandparents, but none who want to get to know their grandchildren.[/quote]

I hear you.

I can't wait to have grandchildren!!!!

My kids are still too young, but it's something I look forward to, eventually.

Yet, my in-laws rarely took an interest in our children, their only grandchildren.  They live in another state, and not once, in 25 years, babysat for one of our four children. Not once. They stayed in our house a few times, but as they got older, they decided it was too much trouble to visit. They sent birthday cards and called on birthdays and holidays. If we wanted to see them, we had to come visit them. My parents are dead, so my in-laws are their only grandparents.

I would have loved to have grandparents to offer my children! My children would love to have had grandparents!

When my FIL died recently, my DD said to me, "I'm sorry Daddy's sad, but I'm not because I didn't have any relationship with Grandpa." And it's true. [/quote]

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