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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, her demand for all or nothing is bizarre. When you ask her why she only wants to be alone with dad for hours and hours, what does she say? [/quote]

OH please, there is nothing, bizarre, wrong, or creepy about a grandmother wanting to have a special day alone with her granddaughter.
Some of you people really need help![/quote]

She’s not really planning a special day, just normal seasonal activities from the sound of it. Nothing that would require a full day. And she’s turning down other opportunities to spend time with the child while lamenting not getting to spend time with her.[b] It’s like a starving person turning down a sandwich because they want a 3 course meal. That’s what’s bizarre, not that the grandma wants to spend some time with a grandchild[/b]. [/quote]

This. Perfect description.  [/quote]
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It's the insistence on a full day of "alone time," coupled with turning down other offers to spend time with the kid, like after school.  And refusing to come over for dinner.  I get wanting to have a special day together from time to time, but don't bitch that you don't get to see your grandchild when you are refusing to see your grandchild except on your specific terms.  It's the all or nothing that's odd.

I say this as someone who has no problem with my kids spending a week at grandma's house during the summer.  But if my mom insisted on seeing them in specific ways that didn't work for our schedule, and then refused to see them except in those ways, I wouldn't have a lot of sympathy for her.  [/quote]

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