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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wait until your firstborn launches…

As a boy mom, it’s really hard to watch your son build a new life far from home and imagine what the future will look like when grandchildren are born and you only see your beloved son and his family once or twice a year.

Sigh.

I imagine it might be different with a daughter. [/quote]
I have 2 sons. Older one in college and been dating same girl for 3 years. They are planning on getting married (yes, I know that things change!). Her mom is checked out. She spends holidays with us. I think it is a gross generalization to assume all daughters live near home and their family has access while sons move away and their families never see them.
FWIW, we live 2.5 hour drive from DHs family and we spend all holidays with them. My family is across the country. See them every other year. [/quote]

Wishful thinking on your part. It may be a gross generalization, but it is also more the rule than the exception.  Especially when the grandkids arrive.  You will never replace your son’s girlfriend’s mother in that regard.  [/quote]

I actually think this is changing more.  I would agree that in general with my parents generation (late 40’s into 50’s birth year), that this is true more often that not.  Though amongst my peers, I see it being a lot more equal with grandkid access for both parents of sons and daughters.  I have a lot of peers whose husbands parents are as involved grandparents if not more than the wives. [/quote]

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