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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no problem with asking the grandparents to stay in a hotel and to really making the point as firmly as politely possible that it’s the only arrangement that can make sense.

What I can’t understand is why you’re all so damned nasty about your parents and the grandparents of your kids.  There’s no winning with you people.   The grandparents do too much.  They don’t do enough.  They’re too cheap.  They’re too generous.   They don’t show love.  They’re too indulgent.  Why won’t they do things our way???

The same tired refrains over and over.  Then you complain how selfish the boomers are.  But what you’re all really saying is “my way or the highway” which is the very definition of selfish.  [/quote]

This is an illogical deflection. These grandparents are demanding that they visit when they dictate and displace others. They ignore the host telling them not to visit during the school week. They ignore the host telling them that it’s hard for the kids to not sleep in their beds for a full week during school. They turn up their entitled noses at the hosts offer to pay for a hotel for them. This is just awful behavior on the part of the grandparents.

These boomers ARE incredibly selfish. It probably makes them feel important to make their presence so horrible. They feel they need a show of respect by creating situations where others have to drop everything and cater to them. If they don’t get what they want, they stick their noses in the air and feign being offended. Some people are like this, just bad people. Other people know this is horrible behavior, would never dare pull it with friends but enjoy taking advantage of family. [/quote]

I’m not talking about these particular grandparents, although like with everything else I’m thinking there’s two sides to the story. I’m just talking about the general obnoxious behavior of posters.[/quote]

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