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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just about grandparents being entitled to a relationship with their grandchildren:

I don't really have an opinion on that, but it seems like OP's kids would sort of agree. It seems like they don't particularly like their parents but are tolerating them and maybe part of the reason is that they do feel some obligation to maintain family ties. [/quote]

I’m a millennial parent and agree with this. My in-laws are difficult (self-centered, oblivious to others’ needs, kind of embarrassing in social situations), but they are not malicious or abusive. They claim to really want a relationship with us and with our kids, but they do none of the things that would make a meaningful relationship possible. They don’t really listen when we tell them about our lives, they don’t interact with our kids in age-appropriate ways, they take offense at totally benign things and then blow up at us. But we try so hard to be respectful and to accommodate their desire to visit. It’s still not enough for them, because they want this deep relationship. But they can’t or won’t change the behaviors that make it impossible to have one (and yes, we have had multiple come to Jesus conversations about this. Nothing ever changes.)[/quote]

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