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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Her parents are lucky she has any kind of relationship with them."

THIS is the attitude I'm talking about. I wish it on those of you who act this way when your children are grown. You think your parenting skills will prevent it. They will not. Your treatment of your parents will likely be observed and returned to you a thousandfold.
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Totally agree.  I watched my parents when my grandparents were elderly and going downhill, and at the time, thought that their efforts to assist were overboard.  I saw a strain on their marriage to care for their parents, and the strain on their finances.  But now that I myself am getting older, I understand their perspective so much better, and I'm grateful for the role models my parents turned out to be for me when it comes to respecting and caring for prior generations.  [/quote]
Well, I made the opposite conclusion. I view that as selfish decisions made by grandparents that put strain on my parents. [/quote]

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