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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do get a bit annoyed at my boomer parents, who are always on vacation, while I have small children at home, a demanding career, and cannot get enough sleep.[/quote]

That’s really bizarre.    You made choices to have children and keep a demanding job.  And you’re annoyed at retired parents who spent 30 or 40 years working jobs, taking care of children and are now taking vacations?

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+1. The sense of entitlement is beyond me. [/quote]

From our perspective, it is the grandparents who are entitled and making demands of us.[/quote]

What demands are they making of you? [/quote].

To have grandkids, to see the grandkids on holidays, to host them at our house, to FaceTime with them, to send them pictures and give them updates.  But they can’t lift a finger.  We just don’t have the time for that anymore.  It just creates more work for us.[/quote]

OMG, aren’t you something!  I simply can’t understand how FaceTime is a work for you - you are either available or you aren’t, if you aren’t, they call later, if you are, the kids are occupied for 15-20 minutes and you can relax with a cup of coffee.  And as far as the pictures and updates, don’t you ever feel the urge as a mother to share with the world how amazing your kids are and what they are up to (I know I do), and who is the better audience for that than the grandparents?  [/quote]

I'm not sure why old people don't get why everyone hate Facetime? It was such a source of discontent with my son and us that we completely had to stop all Facetimes. He couldn't stand Facetime at all, would act up, DH would get upset, grandparents would tell him he was being a bad boy, and the whole night got ruined. Stopped doing Facetime and his behavior all around improved. He would get worked up even knowing a Facetime was coming.

The other set of grandparents talks on the phone with him and he happily chats away for 15 min or so. Why isn't that enough?! Why the dumb Facetime?[/quote]

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