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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand the need to have time with your parents while you can, but that doesn't mean being at his beck and call. And yes, he is lonely and she should help, but wanting to be able to do the things she needs to do and to have him understand some basic health and safety rules does not make her controlling.

Having said all that, I think OP and her family need to find a different place to vacation. Or work/vacation (really? None of you have ever had to put in a few hours every day while on vacation?).[/quote]

I have, but not at scheduled times for exactly 2 hours every day.[/quote]

You apparently did not read the followup.  The children go to camp in the afternoons, during which time, while they are gone, she tries to get 2 hours of work done.  She's trying to make use of the time when the kids aren't there.  She may have even specifically put them in camp during that week for the afternoons just to get the time to work.   He drops in then and wants her attention to chat and spend time.  It would be nice if he could stop by outside of that time so that she can socialize with him while the children are there and she is already doing "family time" but he purposely stops in when the kids are gone.  She's asked him to stop by before or after, but he doesn't want to be scheduled so he comes when he wants, which is inevitably the one time when she doesn't have the kids to tend to.  So, when else do you propose that she gets work done?  She may have even put the kids in the camp so that she would have those 2-3 hours to get work done.  Why can't grandpa come over any other time and spend time with the whole family instead of just trying to drop in on that exact time when he *KNOWS* kids are gone and she has her small window of opportunity to get work done.  Why is he avoiding his grandkids that way? 
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