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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And this is why i want to "summer vacation Grandma" and not "Christmas grandma." Lots more flexibility to plan time with the grandkids if you have a 3 month window. [/quote]

This is the right attitude.  And in our experience, summer vacation grandma is AWESOME.  Demanding, guilt tripping grandma is NOT awesome.[/quote]

Heaven forbid your children see their grandparents more than one time per year. Summer or Santa, that is all you get nana. :roll: [/quote]

That’s not what PP said. At all. But the point stands that if you are the kind of bean-counting, attendance-taking, guilt-tripping grandma, no one is going to actually want to be with you. Relaxed, supportive, flexible, fun grandma is preferred, always. I saw both sets of grandparents equally growing up, at an average of once a month for both sets. I was definitely more actively interested in seeing the set who was relaxed, interested in us and what we were doing (and not just what they wanted to do), who made things easy and releaxed.[/quote]

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