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[quote=Anonymous]I feel bad for you, too, OP.  That must really hurt.  FWIW, there is not a single picture of me in my MIL's house.  There are pictures from my wedding of my husband with my stepdaughter, but none that have me in them.

On a grandchild note, growing up in New England I had one set of grandparents in Florida and one in Europe.  My Florida grandparents never displayed pics of me and my brothers, either - we were the black sheep grandchildren as opposed to the golden grandchildren, my other aunts and uncles' kids.  That hurt.

I never met my grandmother in Europe until I was 19.  Never even talked on the phone with her.  (She didn't have a phone.)  Never exchanged letters or cards.  But once we met, she loved me fiercely and we became very close.

I mention that to say that you can have a strong, loving, wonderful bond with your grandson.  Maybe he'll have sleepover visits with you.  Maybe memories of your house will be extra-special and significant because it's a great novelty.  You can still be close and influential and meaningful even though your pic was not in one of his baby books.  You have lots of time left.  You're gonna love him and it's going to be great.  [/quote]

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