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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has to be a joke, entitled much???!! Let’s see you have kids, can’t afford them and get mad at your parents for not stepping in to help you take care of them. Is that right??[/quote]

I can afford my kids and my finances are good. I’m frustrated that they don’t care about the grandkids. Visiting for only 2 hours after their grandkid is born then going on a vacation for a week shows that their priorities are messed up. The fact that people are defending this behavior is beyond ridiculous. They care more about going to the beach than meeting their grandkid. I wasn’t expecting them to help out, but you could at least spend a few days with your grandkid instead of prioritizing a beach trip over your own family. [/quote]

When you were pregnant and you invited them to come and stay with you after the baby was born, what did they say?

My mother specifically did not come for the first week because she thought that the first week should be about the mother, father and the new baby.  She felt they needed to learned how to become a family themselves.  She and my dad came the next week. My first was my in-laws 9th grandchild and were burnt out at that point. They came the week after my parents.

My mom and dad had my sister and I with no help from grandparents. For some of us, it feels weird to expect people to show up the first week. 
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